Correspondence - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- compatibility of observations (syn: agreement)
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane (syn: balance, symmetry)
- similarity by virtue of corresponding (syn: parallelism)
Extra examples
They communicated by telephone and correspondence.
E-mail correspondence has become extremely important for modern businesses.
The two men began a correspondence that would continue throughout their lives.
A book of the author's personal correspondence was published early last year.
A formal tone is always used in business correspondence.
Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.
Sometimes there is little correspondence between the way a word is spelled and the way it is pronounced in English.
Sometimes there are few correspondences between spelling and pronunciation.
A secretary came in twice a week to deal with his correspondence.
The magazine is unable to enter into any correspondence on medical matters.
He had been in correspondence with her for several years before they finally met.
All correspondence between us must cease.
There was no correspondence between the historical facts and Johnson's account of them.
In African languages there is a close correspondence between sounds and letters.
She learnt accountancy through a correspondence course.
Word forms
singular: correspondence
plural: correspondences
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