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cor·re·spon·dence
(kôr′ĭ-spŏn′dəns, kŏr′-)n.
1. The act, fact, or state of agreeing or conforming: The correspondence of the witness's statement with the known facts suggests that he is telling the truth.
2. A similarity, connection, or equivalence: Is there a correspondence between corporal punishment in children and criminal behavior in adults?
3.
a. Communication by the exchange of letters, emails, or other forms of written messages.
b. The messages sent or received.
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correspondence
(ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns)n
Also (archaic): correspondency1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding
2. similarity or analogy
3. agreement or conformity
4. (Communications & Information)
a. communication by the exchange of letters
b. the letters so exchanged
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cor•re•spond•ence
(ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dəns, ˌkɒr-)n.
1. communication by exchange of letters.
2. a letter or letters that pass between correspondents.
3. an instance of corresponding.
4. similarity or analogy.
5. agreement; conformity.
Also, correspondency (for defs. 3,4,5). [1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin]
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Correspondence
See Also: WRITERS/WRITING
- Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up —Sydney Smith
- Letters are like bodies, and their meaning like souls —Abraham Ibn Ezra
- A letter that was like a poem. It was … like listening to French it was so beautiful —Philip Roth
- A lifelong sustained correspondence like a lifelong unbroken friendship or happy marriage, requires explaining: all the cards are stacked against it —Max Lerner
- Little letters cozy and innocent as a baby’s layette —Truman Capote
- A mess of a letter … it dribbles and mouths all over the place like Maurice Chevalier —Dylan Thomas
- Printed [condolence] cards should be abolished; they’re like canned music —Gwen Schwartz-Borden, director Bereavement Center, Family Service Association of Nassau County, quoted in New York Times article on bereavement notes, November 24, 1986
- The time is coming when letter writing with pen and ink and sent as a personal message from one person to another will be as much of a rarity as the gold pocket watch carried on a chain —Andy Rooney
- A woman’s love letters are like her child. They belong to her more than to anybody else —Edith Wharton
- Writing to you is like corresponding with an aching void —Groucho Marx
See Also: INSULTS
- Your letters … they’re like telegrams —Dorothy Parker
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| Noun | 1. |  correspondence - communication by the exchange of letters1st class, 1st-class mail, first-class mail, first class - mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" card - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami" |
| 2. | correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination conformance, conformity - correspondence in form or appearance | |
| 3. | correspondence - the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount proportionality - a ratio of two quantities that is constant | |
| 4. |  correspondence - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or planespatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying space geometrical regularity, regularity - a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles bilateral symmetry, bilateralism, bilaterality - the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane radial symmetry - the property of symmetry about an axis; "the starfish illustrates radial symmetry" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | |
| 5. | correspondence - similarity by virtue of corresponding similarity - the quality of being similar |
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correspondence
noun
1. communication, writing, contact The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
3. relation, match, agreement, fitness, comparison, harmony, coincidence, similarity, analogy, correlation, conformity, comparability, concurrence, congruity correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity
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correspondence
noun1. The act or state of agreeing or conforming:
2. The quality or state of being alike:
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Translations
تَماثَل، تَشابُهمُرَاسَلَةمُراسَلـه
korespondenceshoda
korrespondancelighedoverensstemmelseharmoni
kirjeenvaihto
prepiska
levelezés
bréfaskipti; bréfsamòykki; samræmi
文通
교신
korešpondencia
dopisovanjepošta
korrespondens
การติดต่อกันทางจดหมาย
thư từ trao đổi
correspondence
[ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndəns]A. N
1. (= agreement) → correspondencia f, conexión f (between entre)
2. (= letter-writing) → correspondencia f
to be in correspondence with sb → mantener correspondencia con algn
to be in correspondence with sb → mantener correspondencia con algn
3. (= letters) → correspondencia f
B. CPD correspondence college N → centro m de enseñanza por correspondencia
correspondence column N (Press) → (sección f de) cartas fpl al director
correspondence course N → curso m por correspondencia
correspondence column N (Press) → (sección f de) cartas fpl al director
correspondence course N → curso m por correspondencia
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
correspondence
[ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns] n (= letters) → courrier m
(= exchange of letters) → correspondance f
no correspondence will be entered into → il ne sera répondu à aucun courrier
no correspondence will be entered into → il ne sera répondu à aucun courrier
(= connection) → correspondance f
correspondence between → rapport entrecorrespondence college n → établissement m d'enseignement par correspondancecorrespondence course n → cours m par correspondance
correspondence between → rapport entrecorrespondence college n → établissement m d'enseignement par correspondancecorrespondence course n → cours m par correspondance
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
correspondence
n
(= letter-writing) → Korrespondenz f; (= letters also) → Briefe pl; (in newspaper) → Leserzuschriften or -briefe pl; to be in correspondence with somebody → mit jdm in Korrespondenz stehen (form), → mit jdm korrespondieren; (private) → mit jdm in Briefwechsel stehen, mit jdm korrespondieren (geh)
correspondence
:correspondence card
n → Briefkarte f
correspondence chess
n → Fernschach nt
correspondence column
n (Press) → Leserbriefspalte f
correspondence course
n → Fernkurs m
correspondence school
n → Fernlehrinstitut nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
correspondence
[ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndəns] na. (agreement) correspondence (between) → accordo (tra)
b. (letters) → corrispondenza; (collection of letters) → carteggio
c. (Math) → corrispondenza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
correspond
(korəˈspond) verb1. (with to) to be similar; to match. A bird's wing corresponds to the arm and hand in humans.
2. (with with) to be in agreement with; to match.
3. to communicate by letter (with). Do they often correspond (with each other)?
ˌcorreˈspondence noun1. agreement; similarity or likeness.
2. (communication by) letters. I must deal with that (big pile of) correspondence.
ˌcorreˈspondent noun1. a person with whom one exchanges letters. He has correspondents all over the world.
2. a person who contributes news to a newspaper etc. He's foreign correspondent for `The Times'.
ˌcorreˈsponding adjective similar, matching. The rainfall this month is not as high as for the corresponding month last year.
correspondence course a course of lessons by post. a correspondence course in accountancy.
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correspondence
→ مُرَاسَلَة korespondence korrespondance Korrespondenz αλληλογραφία correspondencia kirjeenvaihto correspondance prepiska corrispondenza 文通 교신 correspondentie korrespondanse korespondencja correspondência переписка korrespondens การติดต่อกันทางจดหมาย yazışma thư từ trao đổi 通信Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cor·re·spon·dence
n. correspondencia; reciprocidad.
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