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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORRESPOND, v.i. [L., to answer, to promise. See Sponsor.]
1. To suit; to answer; to agree; to fit; to be congruous; to be adapted to. Levity of manners does not correspond with the dignity of the clerical character. The length of a room should correspond with the breadth. Actions should correspond with words.
2. To be equal; to be adequate or proportioned. Let the means of prosecuting a war correspond with the magnitude of the contest.
3. To communicate by letters sent and received; to hold intercourse with a person at a distance by sending and receiving letters. We delight to correspond with those we love and respect.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord]
2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate, correspond]
3: exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"
4: 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" [syn: represent, stand for, correspond]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspond?re, from Latin com- + respond?re to respond Date: 1529 1. a. to be in conformity or agreement <the ideal failed…to correspond with the reality — J. R. Sutherland> b. to compare closely ; match — usually used with to or with c. to be equivalent or parallel 2. to communicate with a person by exchange of letters

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 a (usu. foll. by to) be analogous or similar. b (usu. foll. by to) agree in amount, position, etc. c (usu. foll. by with, to) be in harmony or agreement. 2 (usu. foll. by with) communicate by interchange of letters. Phrases and idioms: corresponding member an honorary member of a learned society etc. with no voice in the society's affairs. Derivatives: correspondingly adv. Etymology: F correspondre f. med.L correspondere (as COM-, RESPOND)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Correspond Cor`re*spond" (k?r`r?-sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.] 1. 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. None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to. Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. --Locke. 3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. --Macaulay. Syn: To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(corresponds, corresponding, corresponded) 1. If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond. Racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race... The two maps of London correspond closely... Her expression is concerned but her body-language does not correspond. V-RECIP: V to/with n, pl-n V, V (non-recip) • corresponding March and April sales this year were up 8 per cent on the corresponding period in 1992. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you correspond with someone, you write letters to them. You can also say that two people correspond. She still corresponds with American friends she met in Majorca nine years ago... We corresponded regularly. V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Agree, suit, fit, answer, accord, harmonize, tally, square, comport, cohere, be accordant. 2. Answer, correlate, belong, stand counter, be complemental. 3. Communicate (by letter), write letters.

Moby Thesaurus

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