Meaning

8 senses
  1. Mutual communication or discourse:

    (uncountable)Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

    Briefwechsel, Korrespondenz

    перепи́скаperepíska, корреспонде́нцияkorrespondéncija

    листува́нняlystuvánnja, кореспонде́нціяkorespondéncija

    communication by the exchange of letters

  2. (uncountable)Newspaper or news stories.

    Korrespondenz

    корреспонде́нцияkorrespondéncija

  3. (countable, uncountable)Postal or other written communications.

    Korrespondenz, Schriftverkehr, Briefwechsel

    корреспонде́нцияkorrespondéncija, перепи́скаperepíska

  4. (countable, uncountable)Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc

  5. Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:

    (countable)An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.

    Korrespondenz, Übereinstimmung

    соотве́тствиеsootvétstvije, соотноше́ниеsootnošénije

    відпові́дністьvidpovídnistʹ

  6. (countable)A relation.

    соотве́тствиеsootvétstvije, соотноше́ниеsootnošénije

    the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

  7. (countable, uncountable)A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)

  8. Mutual communication or discourse:

    (obsolete, uncountable)Friendly discussion.

    бесе́даbeséda

Examples

24 sentences
  1. I have some correspondence to deal with.

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  2. We have carried on a correspondence for years.

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  3. This pair of lovers were carrying on an ardent correspondence.

    Ця пара закоханих продовжувала палке листування.

    ruЭта пара влюблённых продолжала пылкую переписку.

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  4. Where should I file this correspondence?

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  5. Bring that correspondence up to date.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters:
agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome:
Русский
By meaning 3
friendly discussion:
reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters:
agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters:
postal or other written communications:
agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome:

Origin

From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, corre

From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.

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Forms

plural: correspondences
Singularcorrespondence
Pluralcorrespondences

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
correspondence — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto