correspondence

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noun

The definition of correspondence is the act of conforming or agreeing with someone or something else.
An example of correspondence is when a person acts in the same way she appears to think.
Correspondence is defined as communication, generally through letters or emails.
An example of correspondence is the interchange of letters between pen-pals.

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correspondence

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

Origin of correspondence

Middle English from Medieval Latin correspondentia from present participle of correspondere: see correspond

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correspondence

noun

The act, fact, or state of agreeing or conforming: The correspondence of the witness's statement with the known facts suggests that he is telling the truth.
A similarity, connection, or equivalence: Is there a correspondence between corporal punishment in children and criminal behavior in adults?
a. Communication by the exchange of letters, emails, or other forms of written messages.
b. The messages sent or received.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)

(uncountable) Friendly discussion.
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
(countable) A postal or other written communication.
(uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
(set theory, countable) A relation.

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