correspond

To correspond is to communicate in writing or to agree with, or harmonize with something or someone.

(verb)

An example of correspond is when you write a letter or email to someone and he writes back.
An example of correspond is when a graph is representative of data.

See correspond in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

Origin: MFr correspondre < ML correspondere < L com-, together + respondere, to respond

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See correspond in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb cor·re·spond·ed, cor·re·spond·ing, cor·re·sponds

To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity.
To be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function: English navel corresponds to Greek omphalos. See Synonyms at agree.
To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.

Origin:

Origin: French correspondre

Origin: , from Medieval Latin correspondēre

Origin: : Latin com-, com-

Origin: + respondēre, to respond; see respond

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