Correspond meaning

kôr'ĭ-spŏnd', kŏr'-
To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity.
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To communicate (with someone) by exchanging letters, esp. regularly.
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To be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function.

English navel corresponds to Greek omphalos.

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To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.
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To be in agreement (with something); conform (to something); tally; harmonize.
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To be similar, analogous, or equal (to something)
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(intransitive, construed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
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​(intransitive, construed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.

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

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.

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Origin of correspond

French correspondre from Medieval Latin correspondēre Latin com- com- respondēre to respond respond

Sentence Examples

  • correspond in position with the tentacles.

  • Here a series of excavations, carried out by the British School in 1896-1897 under the direction of Cecil Smith, revealed the foundations of an extensive Greek building, the outlines of which correspond with those of a gymnasium; it possessed a large bath or cistern, and was flanked on two sides by water-courses.

  • These mechanical qualities correspond to inductance and capacity in electric circuits.

  • The dwellings do not correspond in size or details with the undoubtedly prehistoric abodes on the Acropolis.

  • The first group, which he regards as instinctive in the strict acceptance of the term, seem exactly to correspond to those which fall under the definition given above.

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