Definition of 'correspondence'
Word forms: plural correspondences
2. uncountable noun
3. countable noun
If there is a correspondence between two things, there is a close similarity or connection between them.
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correspondence in British English
Also (archaic): correspondency
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correspondence in American English
noun
1.
agreement with something else or with one another; conformity
2.
similarity; analogy
4. Ancient Mathematics
a clearly defined relationship between two members of a set, or different sets, as one-to-one correspondence
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correspondence in American English
(ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns, ˌkɑr-)
noun
SYNONYMS 5. accord, concord, consonance.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
4.
similarity or analogy
5.
agreement; conformity
6.
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correspondence
British English: correspondence
/ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns/ NOUN
Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.
...his correspondence with a college friend.
- American English: correspondence /kɔrɪˈspɒndəns/
- Arabic: مُرَاسَلَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: correspondência
- Chinese: 通信
- Croatian: prepiska
- Czech: korespondence
- Danish: korrespondance
- Dutch: correspondentie
- European Spanish: correspondencia
- Finnish: kirjeenvaihto
- French: correspondance
- German: Korrespondenz
- Greek: αλληλογραφία
- Italian: corrispondenza
- Japanese: 文通
- Korean: 교신
- Norwegian: korrespondanse
- Polish: korespondencja
- European Portuguese: correspondência
- Romanian: corespondență
- Russian: переписка написание писем
- Latin American Spanish: correspondencia
- Swedish: korrespondens
- Thai: การติดต่อทางจดหมาย
- Turkish: yazışma
- Ukrainian: листування
- Vietnamese: thư từ trao đổi
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