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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.
3.
Also, correspondency. an instance of corresponding.
4.
similarity or analogy.
5.
EXPANDagreement; conformity.
6.
news, commentary, letters, etc., received from a newspaper or magazine correspondent.
7.
COLLAPSEMathematics. function (def. 4a).
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin corrēspondentia. See correspondent, -ence
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin corrēspondentia. See correspondent, -ence
Related forms
non·cor·res·pond·ence, noun
pre·cor·re·spond·ence, noun
Synonyms
5. accord, concord, consonance.
5. accord, concord, consonance.
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Correspondence
is always a great word to know.
So is solution. Does it mean:
| the process of determining the answer to a problem, or the answer itself |
| one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, or zero |
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Word Origin & History
correspondence
early 15c., "harmony, agreement," from M.L. correspondentia, from correspondentem, prp. of correspondere "correspond," from com- "together" + respondere "to answer" (see respond). Sense of "communication by letters" is first attested 1640s.
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correspondence cor·re·spon·dence (kôr'ĭ-spŏn'dəns)
n.
A relationship between corresponding points on each retina such that stimulation produces a single image.
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