correspondence

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

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 an instance of corresponding. correspond.

4. similarity or analogy.

5. agreement; conformity.

   Synonyms: consonance, concord, accord

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

7. Mathematics.,  function.

correspondence

/ ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns /

noun

1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding

2. similarity or analogy

3. agreement or conformity

4. 1. communication by the exchange of letters

   2. the letters so exchanged

Other Word Forms

• noncorrespondence noun
• precorrespondence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondence¹

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

Example Sentences

The Conservative chairman suggested the correspondence could be seen as evidence the Electoral Commission had been "knowingly misled".

From BBC

The Hilary Mantel Prize for Fiction is being launched on the third anniversary of her death after her private correspondence revealed she had mentored aspiring writers throughout her life.

From BBC

Digital correspondence is deleted into the ether, sneaky evasions that are beyond the biographer’s grasp.

From Los Angeles Times

However, he said he had no doubt there had been "a lot of traffic, correspondence, exchanges" between himself and Epstein.

From BBC

The BBC has verified that initials shared by the Met in the correspondence to check Rachel's identity with her, in fact belonged to Female D.

From BBC

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