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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.

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correspondence [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns]

n

1. the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding

2. similarity or analogy

3. agreement or conformity

4. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information)

a.  communication by the exchange of letters

b.  the letters so exchanged

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Correspondence 

See Also: WRITERS/WRITING

1. Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up —Sydney Smith
2. Letters are like bodies, and their meaning like souls —Abraham Ibn Ezra
3. A letter that was like a poem. It was … like listening to French it was so beautiful —Philip Roth
4. A lifelong sustained correspondence like a lifelong unbroken friendship or happy marriage, requires explaining: all the cards are stacked against it —Max Lerner
5. Little letters cozy and innocent as a baby’s layette —Truman Capote
6. A mess of a letter … it dribbles and mouths all over the place like Maurice Chevalier —Dylan Thomas
7. Printed [condolence] cards should be abolished; they’re like canned music —Gwen Schwartz-Borden, director Bereavement Center, Family Service Association of Nassau County, quoted in New York Times article on bereavement notes, November 24, 1986
8. The time is coming when letter writing with pen and ink and sent as a personal message from one person to another will be as much of a rarity as the gold pocket watch carried on a chain —Andy Rooney
9. A woman’s love letters are like her child. They belong to her more than to anybody else —Edith Wharton
10. Writing to you is like corresponding with an aching void —Groucho Marx

    See Also: INSULTS

11. Your letters … they’re like telegrams —Dorothy Parker

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	correspondence - 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" agreement 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 commensurateness, proportionateness proportionality - a ratio of two quantities that is constant
	4.	correspondence - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane symmetricalness, symmetry, balance 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 parallelism similarity - the quality of being similar

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correspondence

noun

1. communication, writing, contact The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

2. letters, post, mail He always replied to his correspondence promptly.

3. relation, match, agreement, fitness, comparison, harmony, coincidence, similarity, analogy, correlation, conformity, comparability, concurrence, congruity correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity

Translations

correspondence [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndəns]

A. N

1. (= agreement) → correspondencia f, conexión f (between entre)

2. (= letter-writing) → correspondencia f
to be in correspondence with sb → mantener correspondencia con algn

3. (= letters) → correspondencia f

B. CPD correspondence college N → centro m de enseñanza por correspondencia
correspondence column N (Press) → (sección f de) cartas fpl al director
correspondence course N → curso m por correspondencia

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correspondence [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns] n

(= letters) → courrier m

(= exchange of letters) → correspondance f
no correspondence will be entered into → il ne sera répondu à aucun courrier

(= connection) → correspondance f
correspondence between → rapport entre
correspondence college n → établissement m d'enseignement par correspondance
correspondence course n → cours m par correspondance

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correspondence

n

(= agreement, equivalence) → Übereinstimmung f → (between zwischen, with mit)

(= letter-writing) → Korrespondenz f; (= letters also) → Briefe pl; (in newspaper) → Leserzuschriften or -briefe pl; to be in correspondence with somebody → mit jdm in Korrespondenz stehen (form), → mit jdm korrespondieren; (private) → mit jdm in Briefwechsel stehen, mit jdm korrespondieren (geh)

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correspondence:

correspondence card

n → Briefkarte f

correspondence chess

n → Fernschach nt

correspondence column

n (Press) → Leserbriefspalte f

correspondence course

n → Fernkurs m

correspondence school

n → Fernlehrinstitut nt

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correspondence [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndəns] n

a. (agreement) correspondence (between) → accordo (tra)

b. (letters) → corrispondenza; (collection of letters) → carteggio

c. (Math) → corrispondenza

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correspondence → مراسلة korespondence korrespondance Korrespondenz αλληλογραφία correspondencia kirjeenvaihto correspondance prepiska corrispondenza 文通 교신 correspondentie korrespondanse korespondencja correspondência соответствие korrespondens การติดต่อกันทางจดหมาย yazışma thư từ trao đổi 通信