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correspondence Definition

cor·re·spond·ence (--spän′dəns)

noun

  1. agreement with something else or with one another; conformity
  2. similarity; analogy
    1. communication by exchange of letters
    2. the letters received or written
  4. Math. a clearly defined relationship between two members of a set, or different sets, as one-to-one correspondence

Etymology: ME < ML correspondentia < prp. of correspondere: see correspond

correspondence Synonyms

correspondence

n.

  1. The quality of being like

    conformity, equivalence, accord; see agreement 2, similarity.

  2. Communication by letter

    messages, mail, exchange of letters, letter writing; see communication 2, letter 2.

correspondence Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • intercept: The file includes some of Taylour's intercepted correspondence, including some that she managed to smuggle out of prison to avoid the censor.
  • ensue: Keble must have been concerned at the cost as reflected in the ensuing correspondence.
  • send: Fast track communication We will send all correspondence to you by first class post.
  • receive: You can receive all correspondence here or or we can forward to you anywhere at your request.
  • handle: By completing box 59 an agent can be authorized to handle correspondence on behalf of the purchaser.
  • survive: MacCulloch claims that Cranmer makes only a single reference to either wife in all surviving correspondence ( 481 ).

Modifies a noun

  • address: Each member shall keep the Membership Secretary informed of that member's private or correspondence address.
  • theory: Apply the correspondence theory: whichever theory fits the facts is true.
  • course: He also began taking a correspondence course with Bennett College in England.

Adjective modifier

  • one-to-one: And signing in ASL is not very effective as there is no one-to-one correspondence between signed and written phrase.
  • miscellaneous: They are filed among miscellaneous correspondence relating to financial Accounts of the Chief Clerk's department of the Foreign Office.
  • protracted: We aim to resolve complaints with our first response and without resorting to further protracted correspondence.
  • subsequent: Subsequent correspondence on 24 October 1915 was more definite.
  • unpublished: This is the first full-length biography of More for fifty years and the first to make extensive use of her unpublished correspondence.
  • incoming: At present ( Summer 2000 ), the project has digitized images of all Kircher's incoming correspondence and they are presently available online.

Preposition: on

  • behalf: By completing box 59 an agent can be authorized to handle correspondence on behalf of the purchaser.

Noun used with modifier

  • letter-sound: The study found that the mean reading age of middle class pupils was significantly higher, they knew significantly more letter-sound correspondences.
  • grapheme-phoneme: Six grapheme-phoneme correspondences are taught each week and over a seven- to eight-week period the main 42 phonemes of English are covered.
  • phoneme-grapheme: When children have a reasonable grasp of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and can blend they are introduced to decodable books.
  • email: The write-up should be a synthesis of what you have found out, based on the total email correspondence.