correspondence

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/ UK /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #12674

Meanings

1

noun
Letters or messages exchanged between people.

She kept all of her correspondence with her old friends in a wooden box.
2

noun
A close similarity or connection between two things.

There is a clear correspondence between the two sets of data.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a close similarity or... parallelism agreement

Word family

Forms correspondences

Derived forms incorrespondencenoncorrespondencetapespondence

Related forms correspondent

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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correspondence course
a course in which lessons and completed assignments are exchanged by post

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.

correspondence Middle English correspondentia Latin

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Topics

People & Society

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# correspondence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/
**Frequency rank:** 12674

## Meanings
1. Letters or messages exchanged between people.
2. A close similarity or connection between two things.

## Examples
- She kept all of her correspondence with her old friends in a wooden box.
- There is a clear correspondence between the two sets of data.

## Derived Forms
- incorrespondence
- noncorrespondence
- tapespondence

## Related Forms
- correspondent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: correspondence
- Root: correspondentia

## Etymology
From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.

## AI Etymology
correspondence comes from Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence. The historical chain includes Middle English correspondence, Latin correspondentia. Current senses include Letters or messages exchanged between people and A close similarity or connection between two things. English relatives and later formations include incorrespondence, noncorrespondence, tapespondence, correspondent.

## Topics
- People & Society

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