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corresponding

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cor·re·spond·ing  (kôr-spndng, kr-)
adj.
1. Having the same or nearly the same relationship.
2. Accompanying another: a high corporate position and its corresponding problems.
3.
a. Having been assigned the responsibility of written communications: a corresponding secretary.
b. Participating at a distance from the rest of a group: a corresponding member of the bar association.

corre·sponding·ly adv.
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Adj.1.corresponding - accompanying; "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities"
related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
2.corresponding - similar especially in position or purpose; "a number of corresponding diagonal points"
similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
3.corresponding - conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
same - closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"

corresponding
adjective equivalent, matching, similar, related, correspondent, identical, complementary, synonymous, reciprocal, analogous, interrelated, correlative March and April sales this year were up 8 per cent on the corresponding period last year.
Translations
corresponding [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndɪŋ] ADJcorrespondiente
corresponding [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndɪŋ] adj (= parallel) [period, event] → correspondant(e); [figure] → correspondant(e); [increase, decrease] → parallèle
corresponding to (= matching) → qui correspond à
corresponding
adjentsprechend
corresponding [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndɪŋ] adjcorrispondente
corresponding [ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndɪŋ] adjcorrispondente


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Things are said to be named 'equivocally' when, though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each.
, and three other Pickwickians hereinafter named, for forming a new branch of United Pickwickians, under the title of The Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club.
corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of his name
 
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