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correspondence

[ kawr-uh-spon-duhns, kor- ]

noun

  1. communication by exchange of letters.
  2. a letter or letters that pass between correspondents:

    It will take me all day to answer this business correspondence.

  3. Also an instance of corresponding. correspond.
  4. similarity or analogy.
  5. agreement; conformity.

    Synonyms: , ,

  6. news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent.
  7. Mathematics. function ( def 4a ).


correspondence

/ ˌɒɪˈɒԻəԲ /

noun

  1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding
  2. similarity or analogy
  3. agreement or conformity
    1. communication by the exchange of letters
    2. the letters so exchanged
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDzcǰ··DzԻIJԳ noun
  • cǰ··DzԻIJԳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondence1

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin ǰŧDzԻԳپ. See correspondent, -ence
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However, she wrote, "this then triggered a whole series of correspondence, the outcome of which, is that no one seems to know who is responsible for the shipwreck," said the coroner.

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The department also said because more patients could get access to correspondence via the app, 12 million fewer letters had been sent since July.

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The auctioneer who facilitated the sale said the letter had attracted the highest price of any correspondence written onboard the Titanic.

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She's also, undeniably, happy to embrace her royal identity — it's like she's not signing her correspondence "Mrs. Sussex" here.

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The left-field bequest — as if tending to Walter’s legacy with an overdue book of his correspondence wasn’t enough — is, to Iris, a mystery on top of a conundrum.

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