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correspondence

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cor·re·spon·dence  (kôr-spndns, kr-)
n.
1. The act, fact, or state of agreeing or conforming.
2. Similarity or analogy.
3.
a. Communication by the exchange of letters.
b. The letters written or received.

correspondence
Noun
1. communication by letters
2. the letters exchanged in this way
3. relationship or similarity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.correspondencecorrespondence - communication by the exchange of letters
1st class, 1st-class mail, first-class mail, first class - mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection
black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
card - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami"
2.correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
conformance, conformity - correspondence in form or appearance
3.correspondence - the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
proportionality - a ratio of two quantities that is constant
4.correspondencecorrespondence - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
spatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying space
geometrical regularity, regularity - a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
bilateral symmetry, bilateralism, bilaterality - the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane
radial symmetry - the property of symmetry about an axis; "the starfish illustrates radial symmetry"
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
5.correspondence - similarity by virtue of corresponding
similarity - the quality of being similar

correspondence
noun 2. letters, post, mail
Translations
Spanish correspondence [kɔrɪsˈpɔndəns] ncorrespondencia
French correspondence [kɔrɪsˈpɔndəns] correspond ncorrespondance f
German correspondence [kɔrɪsˈpɔndəns] correspond nKorrespondenz f, Briefwechsel m;
(relationship) → Beziehung f

Italian correspondence [kɔrɪsˈpɔndəns] ncorrispondenza

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Sire, I desire that this office be invested with the right of reading the correspondence with England.
The hero's rogue servant, Chispa, seemed to me, then and long afterwards, so fine a bit of Spanish character that I chose his name for my first pseudonym when I began to write for the newspapers, and signed my legislative correspondence for a Cincinnati paper with it.
All this is quite true, my dear Cornelius, but still more certain it is, that if at this moment our correspondence with the Marquis de Louvois were discovered, skilful pilot as I am, I should not be able to save the frail barque which is to carry the brothers De Witt and their fortunes out of Holland.
 
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