correspondence

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

  1. Also correspondency. an instance of corresponding.

  2. similarity or analogy.

  3. agreement; conformity.

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

  5. Mathematics. function (def. 4a).

Origin of correspondence

1
1375–1425; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Medieval Latin corrēspondentia.See correspondent, -ence

Other words for correspondence

Other words from correspondence

  • non·cor·res·pond·ence, noun
  • pre·cor·re·spond·ence, noun

Words Nearby correspondence

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How to use correspondence in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for correspondence

correspondence

/ (ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns) /


noun
  1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding

  2. similarity or analogy

  1. agreement or conformity

    • communication by the exchange of letters

    • the letters so exchanged

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