correspond

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to exchange messages

   My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years

2. 2
   verb

   to be compatible, similar or consistent

   I think that the two songs correspond well together.

3. 3
   verb

   To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

   Coordinate term: equate

4. 4
   verb

   To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

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

5. 5
   verb

   To have sex with.

   He pleaded guilty to the charge, so far as acknowledging that he had corresponded with other women lately, in order to get the better of his affection for me, but the experiment had failed, and he found that he should be for ever miserable.

6. 6
   verb

   to be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

7. 7
   verb

   to take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

Etymology

From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”), equivalent to co- + respond.