US /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/ UK /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/
noun Freq #12674

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Letters or messages exchanged between people.

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

  2. 2
    noun

    A close similarity or connection between two things.

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

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Synonyms
2 noun · a close similarity or... parallelismagreement
Word family
Forms correspondences
Derived forms incorrespondencenoncorrespondencetapespondence
Related forms correspondent

Etymology

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

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