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: consonance, concord, accord

6. news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent.

7. Mathematics.,  function.

correspondence

/ ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns /

noun

1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding

2. similarity or analogy

3. agreement or conformity

4. 1. communication by the exchange of letters

   2. the letters so exchanged

Other Word Forms

• noncorrespondence noun
• precorrespondence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondence¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin corrēspondentia. See correspondent, -ence

Example Sentences

The BBC has verified that initials shared by the Met in the correspondence to check Rachel's identity with her, in fact belonged to Female D.

From BBC

To learn more about the state’s correspondences with the CDC, KFF Health News filed a public records request to the Texas health department.

From Salon

The government has embraced a "digital by default" policy, and for more than a decade correspondence with the public has been carried out electronically.

From BBC

That Altadena property would contain a bounty of that work — of correspondence to young artists and colleagues, of photographs, of the echoes of all the lively gatherings he and his wife hosted.

From Los Angeles Times

He said his address had subsequently been updated, but believed earlier correspondence could have been sent to his old house.

From BBC

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