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cor⋅re⋅spond
[kawr-uh-spond, kor-] 
əˈspɒnd
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to be in agreement or conformity (often fol. by with or to): His actions do not correspond with his words. |
| 2. | to be similar or analogous; be equivalent in function, position, amount, etc. (usually fol. by to): The U.S. Congress corresponds to the British Parliament. |
| 3. | to communicate by exchange of letters. |
Related forms:
cor⋅re⋅spond⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. harmonize, match, tally. Correspond, agree, accord imply comparing persons or things and finding that they harmonize. Correspond suggests having an obvious similarity, though not agreeing in every detail: Part of this report corresponds with the facts. Agree implies having or arriving at a condition in which no essential difference of opinion or detail is evident: All the reports agree. Accord emphasizes agreeing exactly, both in fact and in point of view: This report accords with the other.
1. harmonize, match, tally. Correspond, agree, accord imply comparing persons or things and finding that they harmonize. Correspond suggests having an obvious similarity, though not agreeing in every detail: Part of this report corresponds with the facts. Agree implies having or arriving at a condition in which no essential difference of opinion or detail is evident: All the reports agree. Accord emphasizes agreeing exactly, both in fact and in point of view: This report accords with the other.
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| cor·re·spond (kôr'ĭ-spŏnd', kŏr'-) intr.v. cor·re·spond·ed, cor·re·spond·ing, cor·re·sponds
[French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspondēre : Latin com-, com- + respondēre, to respond; see respond.] |
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Correspond
Cor`re*spond"\ (k?r`r?-sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.]1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to. Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. --Locke. 3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. --Macaulay. Syn: To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.
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Language Translation for : correspond
Spanish:
corresponder a, equivaler a,
German:
entsprechen,
Japanese:
～に相当する
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