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cor⋅re⋅spond

[kawr-uh-spond, kor-]
–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.

Origin:
1520–30; < (< MF) ML corrēspondēre. See cor-, respond


cor⋅re⋅spond⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


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.

cor⋅re⋅spond⋅ing

[kawr-uh-spon-ding, kor-]
–adjective
1. identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
2. similar in position, purpose, form, etc.: corresponding officials in two states.
3. associated in a working or other relationship: a bolt and its corresponding nut.
4. dealing with correspondence: a corresponding secretary.
5. employing the mails as a means of association: a corresponding member of a club.

Origin:
1570–80; correspond + -ing 2


cor⋅re⋅spond⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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cor·re·spond·ing   (kôr'ĭ-spŏn'dĭng, kŏr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Having the same or nearly the same relationship.

  2. Accompanying another: a high corporate position and its corresponding problems.

    1. Having been assigned the responsibility of written communications: a corresponding secretary.

    2. Participating at a distance from the rest of a group: a corresponding member of the bar association.

cor're·spond'ing·ly adv.
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