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correspondence

American  
[kawr-uh-spon-duhns, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dəns, ˌkɒr- /

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 British  
/ ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns /

noun

  1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding

  2. similarity or analogy

  3. agreement or conformity

    1. communication by the exchange of letters

    2. the letters so exchanged

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Other Word Forms

  • noncorrespondence noun
  • precorrespondence noun

Etymology

Origin of correspondence

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

Example Sentences

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The correspondence was a “trivial note” and a “polite reply” to an email, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

They did not respond when OPB and ProPublica sent copies of the Santander Consumer correspondence in which they are named and requested comment.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

You can also use a personal account at IRS.gov External link to track your return, IRS correspondence and other matters, says Phyllis Jo Kubey, an enrolled agent in New York City.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

And once police make a demand, the subject must hand over the data and then seek a court order to make certain correspondence inadmissable at trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The correspondence between theories and facts was so crucial that Galileo and Newton were prepared to bend the facts to fit the theories, even while insisting on the priority of experience over theory.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton