Definitions for correspond
ˌkɔr əˈspɒnd, ˌkɒr-cor·re·spond

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agreeverb

   be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

   "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

2. equate, correspondverb

   be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

3. correspondverb

   exchange messages

   "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"

4. represent, stand for, correspondverb

   take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

   "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correspondverb

   to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

2. correspondverb

   to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

   I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.

3. Etymology: From correspondre, from com- + respondeo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CORRESPONDverb

   Etymology: con and respondeo, Latin.

   1. To suit; to answer; to be proportionate; to be adequate to; to be adapted; to fit.

   The days, if one be compared with another successively throughout the year, are found not to be equal, and will not justly correspond with any artificial or mechanical equal measures of time. William Holder, on Time.

   Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we cannot but assent to them, as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther than that. John Locke.

   2. To keep up commerce with another by alternate letters.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correspond

   To correspond means to have a similarity, connection, or analogy to something else in terms of structure, position, function, or characteristics. It can also mean to communicate by exchanging letters or messages.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Correspondverb

   to be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout

2. Correspondverb

   to be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to

3. Correspondverb

   to have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Correspond

   kor-e-spond′, v.i. to answer, suit, agree (with to, with): to hold intercourse, esp. by sending and receiving letters.—ns. Correspond′ence, Correspond′ency, suitableness, harmony, relation of agreement: friendly intercourse: communication by means of letters: letters which pass between correspondents.—adj. Correspond′ent, agreeing with: suitable.—n. one with whom intercourse is kept up by letters: one who contributes letters to a journal.—adv. Correspond′ently.—adj. Correspond′ing, correspondent: answering: suiting: carrying on correspondence by letters.—adv. Correspond′ingly.—adj. Correspon′sive, corresponding: answering.—Doctrine of correspondences, the theory of Swedenborg that there is a spiritual antitype corresponding to every natural object, and that Scripture contains the key to these correspondences. [Coined from L. cor, with, and respondēre.]

Matched Categories

1. • Equal

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'correspond' in Verbs Frequency: #670

How to pronounce correspond?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say correspond in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of correspond in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of correspond in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of correspond in a Sentence

1. Pete Stavros:

   Explaining to people how lean transformations at a factory correspond to what happens to our cost of goods sold and our earnings and our stock price, that’s kind of the change in thinking you want to get people bought into.

2. Noam Chomsky:

   We can imagine a society in which no one could survive as a social being because it does not correspond to biologically determined perceptions and human social needs. For historical reasons, existing societies might have such properties, leading to various forms of pathology.

3. John Calvin:

   The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.

4. Veronique Martin:

   This inscription is a mystery and it is for this that we are launching the appeal, these dates correspond more or less to the years that various artillery batteries that protected Brest and notably Corbeau Fort which is right next to it.

5. Odd Oeygarden:

   The conclusions doesn't correspond to the reality. They haven't studied properly how such cables operate.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=correspond
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Correspond
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=correspond
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correspond
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=correspond