cor·re·spond (kôr  -sp nd , kr-)intr.v. cor·re·spond·ed, cor·re·spond·ing, cor·re·sponds 1. To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity. 2. To be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function: English navel corresponds to Greek omphalos. See Synonyms at agree. 3. To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time. [French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspond  re : Latin com-, com- + respondre, to respond; see respond.] |
correspond [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd]
vb (intr)
1. (usually foll by with or to) to conform, be in agreement, or be consistent or compatible (with); tally (with)
2. (usually foll by to) to be similar or analogous in character or function
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) (usually foll by with) to communicate by letter
[from Medieval Latin corrēspondēre, from Latin respondēre to respond]
correspondingly adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | correspond - 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" consist - be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" answer - match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" align - be or come into adjustment with correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" homologize - be homologous; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" adhere - be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules" |
| 2. | correspond - be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | |
| 3. | correspond - exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years" drop a line, write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" | |
| 4. | correspond - 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" |
correspond
verb
1. be consistent, match, agree, accord, fit, square, coincide, complement, be related, tally, conform, correlate, dovetail, harmonize The two maps of London correspond closely.
be consistent vary, differ, disagree, belie, diverge, be inconsistent, be unlike, be at variance, be dissimilar
be consistent vary, differ, disagree, belie, diverge, be inconsistent, be unlike, be at variance, be dissimilar
2. communicate, write, keep in touch, exchange letters We corresponded regularly for years.
Translations
correspond [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒnd] VI
1. (= be in accordance) → corresponder (with con) (= be equivalent) → equivaler (to a)
2. (by letter) → escribirse, mantener correspondencia (with con)
correspond [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd] vi
(= match) → correspondre
to correspond with sth → correspondre à qch
to correspond to sth (= be similar to) → être équivalent à qch
to correspond with sth → correspondre à qch
to correspond to sth (= be similar to) → être équivalent à qch
correspond
vi
(= be equivalent) → entsprechen (→ to, with +dat); (two or more: to one another) → sich entsprechen; (= be in accordance also) → sich decken (with mit); your version doesn’t correspond → Ihre Version deckt sich nicht damit
(= exchange letters) → korrespondieren (with mit)
correspond [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒnd] vi
correspond [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒnd] vi
a. (be in accordance) to correspond (with) → corrispondere a
to correspond (to) (be equivalent) → corrispondere a, equivalere (a)
to correspond (to) (be equivalent) → corrispondere a, equivalere (a)
b. (by letter) to correspond (with sb) → corrispondere (con qn), essere in corrispondenza (con qn)
they correspond → si scrivono
they correspond → si scrivono
correspond [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒnd] vi
a. (be in accordance) to correspond (with) → corrispondere a
to correspond (to) (be equivalent) → corrispondere a, equivalere (a)
to correspond (to) (be equivalent) → corrispondere a, equivalere (a)
b. (by letter) to correspond (with sb) → corrispondere (con qn), essere in corrispondenza (con qn)
they correspond → si scrivono
they correspond → si scrivono
v correspond [korəˈspond]
1 (withto) to be similar; to match A bird's wing corresponds to the arm and hand in humans. ooreenstem يُماثِل отговарям odpovídat svare til; modsvare entsprechen αντιστοιχώ corresponder a, equivaler a vastama مطابق بودن؛ شباهت داشتن vastata correspondre (à) לִהיוֹת מַקבִּיל अनुरुप होना odgovarati, sličiti megfelel mirip samsvara corrispondere ～に相当する 상당화다 būti panašiam, atitikti atbilst sama overeenkomen met svare til, korrespondere (med) odpowiadać corresponder a corespunde соответствовать odpovedať ustrezati podudarati se utgöra motsvarighet till, vara likvärdig med เหมือนกัน karşılığı olmak, benzemek 類似，相當於 бути подібним; відповідати كے برابر هونا tương tự 相当
2 (withwith) to be in agreement with; to match. ooreenstem يُطابِق съответсвам shodovat se s være i overensstemmelse med; svare til hinanden passen ανταποκρίνομαι, ταιριάζω concordar, ir bien con vastavuses olema مطابقت داشتن؛ شبیه بودن olla sopusoinnussa s'accorder (avec) לִהיוֹת תּוֹאֵם मल खाना, सहमत होना podudarati se (meg)egyezik cocok vera í samræmi við essere adatto 一致する 일치하다 sutapti, sutikti sakrist secocok overeenkomen met stemme overens med zgadzać się corresponder a se potrivi (cu) соответствовать zhodovať sa ujemati se odgovarati stämma överens, passa ihop เข้ากันกับ uymak, aynı olmak 相符，相配 відповідати كے مطابق هونا، سے مطابقت كرنا phù hợp với 符合
3 to communicate by letter (with) Do they often correspond (with each other)? korrespondeer يُراسِل، يُكاتِب кореспондирам dopisovat si korrespondere; brevveksle im Briefwechsel stehen αλληλογραφώ mantener correspondencia con, cartearse con kirjavahetust pidama مکاتبه کردن olla kirjeenvaihdossa correspondre (avec) לְהִתכָּתֵב पत्र व्यवहार करना dopisivati se levelez berkorespondensi skrifast á corrispondere 文通する 서신왕래하다 susirašinėti sarakstīties berutus-utus surat corresponderen brevveksle, korrespondere korespondować corresponder-se a corespunde (cu) переписываться písať si dopisovati dopisivati se brevväxla, korrespondera เขียนจดหมายโต้ตอบกับ mektuplaşmak, yazışmak 書信往來 листуватися خط وكتابت كرنا، مراسلت كرنا giao thiệp bằng thư từ 通信
n correˈspondence
1 agreement; similarity or likeness. ooreenkoms تَماثَل، تَشابُه съответствие shoda overensstemmelse; lighed; harmoni die Übereinstimmung αντιστοιχία, ομοιότητα, συμφωνία correspondencia vastavus مشابهت؛ مطابقت vastaavuus correspondance הַתאָמָה समानता podudarnost, sličnost megfelelés kemiripan samþykki; samræmi corrispondenza 一致 일치, 대응 atitikimas, sutikimas, panašumas atbilstība persamaan overeenkomst overensstemmelse, samsvar zgodność correspondência corespondenţă соответствие zhoda ujemanje saobraznost överensstämmelse, motsvarighet ความสอดคล้อง uygunluk, benzerlik 相符，類似 відповідність يكسانى، مطابقت، مماثلت sự tương tự 符合
2 (communication by) letters I must deal with that (big pile of) correspondence. korrespondensie مُراسَلـه кореспонденция korespondence korrespondance die Korrespondenz, Briefe (pl.) αλληλογραφία correspondencia kirjavahetus نامه ها؛ مکاتبات kirjeenvaihto courrier הִתכַּתבוּת पत्र व्यवहार prepiska, korespondencija levelezés korespondensi bréfaskipti; bréf corrispondenza 通信 서신왕래 laiškai, korespondencija, susirašinėjimas sarakstīšanās; korespondence surat-menyurat correspondentie brevveksling, korrespondanse korespondencja correspondência corespondenţă корреспонденция korešpondencia dopisovanje korespondencija brevväxling, korrespondens การติดต่อกันทางจดหมาย mektuplar 往來書信 кореспонденція, листування خط وكتابت، مراسلت quan hệ thư tù 通信（联系）
n correˈspondent
1 a person with whom one exchanges letters He has correspondents all over the world. korrespondent مُتراسَل مَعَـه човек, с който си пишеш dopisovatel, korespondent brevven der/die Briefpartner(in) πρόσωπο με το οποίο κπ. αλληλογραφεί correspondiente kirjasõber مکاتبه کننده kirjeenvaihtotoveri correspondant(e) מִתכָּתֵב संवाददाता dopisivač levelező sahabat pena sá sem staðið er í bréfaskiptum við corrispondente 文通者 통신원 susirašinėtojas korespondents penulis surat correspondent brevskriver, brevkontakt korespondent correspondente corespondent корреспондент korešpondent, -ka dopisovalec korespondent brevskrivare ผู้ติดต่อจดหมาย yazışılan kimse 通信者 той, з ким листуєшься مراسلہ نگار thông tin viên 通信者
2 a person who contributes news to a newspaper etc He's foreign correspondent for `The Times'. korrespondent مُراسِل جَريدَه кореспондент dopisovatel, zpravodaj korrespondent der Korrespondent ανταποκριτής corresponsal kirjasaatja, korrespondent گزارشگر؛ خبرنگار kirjeenvaihtaja correspondant/-ante כָּתַב संवाददाता dopisnik, novinar tudósító koresponden fréttaritari corrispondente 特派員 특파원 korespondentas korespondents wartawan correspondent korrespondent korespondent correspondente corespondent корреспондент dopisovateľ, -ka dopisnik korespondent korrespondent นักข่าวหนังสือพิมพ์ muhabir 記者 кореспондент نامہ نگار phóng viên 记者；通讯员
adj correˈsponding
similar, matching The rainfall this month is not as high as for the corresponding month last year. ooreenstemmend مُوافِق، مُنْسَجِـم، مُشابِه съответстващ odpovídající, příslušný tilsvarende; på tilsvarende måde entsprechend αντίστοιχος correspondiente vastav مشابه vastaava correspondant מַקְבִּיל जो समतुल्य हो odgovarajući megfelelő sama samsvarandi corrispondente 対応する 상응하는 atitinkamas, atitinkantis atbilstošs sama overeenkomstig tilsvarende, korresponderende odpowiedni correspondente corespunzător соответствующий zodpovedajúci, príslušný ustrezen isti motsvarande เหมือนกัน aynı, benzer 類似的，相符的 відповідний مشابہ، مماثل، اتنا هى tương ứng 相应的
correspondence course
a course of lessons by post a correspondence course in accountancy. korrespondensiekursus دورَة بالمُراسَلـه задочно обучение dálkový korespondenční kurs brevkursus; korrespondancekursus der Fernunterrichtskurs μαθήματα δι' αλληλογραφίας curso por correspondencia/a distancia kirikursus واحد مکاتبه ای kirjekurssi cours par correspondance קוּרס בְּהִתכַּתבוּת पत्राचार पाठ्यक्रम dopisni tečaj levelező oktatás/tanfolyam kursus tertulis bréfanámskeið corso per corrispondenza 通信教育 통신 교육 neakivaizdiniai kursai neklātienes kurss kursus melalui pos schriftelijke cursus brevkurs, korrespondansekurs kurs korespondencyjny curso por correspondência curs prin corespondenţă курс заочного обучения diaľkový kurz dopisni tečaj dopisni kurs korrespondenskurs การเรียนหนังสือทางไปรษณีย์ mektupla öğretim 函授課程 заочні курси مراسلتى نصاب lớp học hàm thụ 函授课程
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