corresponding

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

/ ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dɪŋ, ˌkɒr- /

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adjective

identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.

similar in position, purpose, form, etc.: corresponding officials in two states.

associated in a working or other relationship: a bolt and its corresponding nut.

dealing with correspondence: a corresponding secretary.

employing the mails as a means of association: a corresponding member of a club.

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Origin of corresponding

First recorded in 1570–80; correspond + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM corresponding

cor·re·spond·ing·ly, adverbnon·cor·res·pond·ing, adjective, nounnon·cor·res·pond·ing·ly, adverbun·cor·re·spond·ing, adjective

un·cor·re·spond·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby corresponding

correspondence school, correspondence theory, correspondency, correspondent, correspondent bank, corresponding, corresponding angles, corresponsive, Corrèze, corrida, corrido

How to use corresponding in a sentence

Your TV sends the audio to the soundbar, the soundbar takes a moment to unpack the signal, and sends it out after the corresponding video has reached your eyeballs.
How to fix that annoying audio delay on your soundbar|Whitson Gordon|August 25, 2020|Popular-Science
They calculated a corresponding temperature change of at least 40 degrees.
The Shape-Shifting Squeeze Coolers|Marcus Woo|August 24, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Each of the three scenarios listed in the problem had a corresponding response.
Can You Reach The Beach?|Zach Wissner-Gross|August 7, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Paul Wright worked it out analytically, starting with streaks of 56, 57, 58, 59 or 60 games, each of which had their own corresponding probabilities of occurring.
Are You A Pinball Wizard?|Zach Wissner-Gross|July 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

Jostling one of the bit’s atoms won’t change the overall magnetization of the bit and its corresponding value of 0 or 1.
To live up to the hype, quantum computers must repair their error problems|Emily Conover|June 22, 2020|Science News
But it is not working with the corresponding tribes on the Syrian side of the mostly nonexistent Iraq-Syria border.
Military Hates White House ‘Micromanagement’ of ISIS War|Josh Rogin, Eli Lake|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Friends trying to contact me reported corresponding with an impostor named Krystal.
Where Cellphone Numbers Go to Die|Jon Methven|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Numbers were read off, each one corresponding to an alternate who would be seated.
The Bizarro World Of Iowa’s GOP Convention|Ben Jacobs|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So I felt I had to carry my threat through—and we began corresponding.
He’s Got a Ticket to Write, or How a Late Train Produced a Novel|Dominic Utton|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1988, the corresponding percentages were 51 percent and 60 percent.
16 and Abstinent?|Nick Gillespie|January 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
In a dungeon of the corresponding tower, on this side of the castle, was the prison of Ripperda.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
These granules are identical with the corresponding granules in the leukocytes just described.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Myelocytes are the bone-marrow cells from which the corresponding granular leukocytes are developed.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The federal government also has three courts corresponding somewhat to the courts established by the states.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles