Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.
The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close college friend. [+ with]
Synonyms: communication, writing, contact More Synonyms of correspondence
2. uncountable noun
Someone's correspondence is the letters that they receive or send.
He always replied to his correspondence.
She virtually never mentions him in her correspondence or notebooks.
Synonyms: letters, post, mail More Synonyms of correspondence
3. countable noun
If there is a correspondencebetween two things, there is a close similarity or connection between them.
In African languages there is a close correspondence between sounds and letters. [+ between]
...correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity.
Synonyms: relation, match, agreement, fitness More Synonyms of correspondence
correspondence in British English
(ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns)
noun
1.
the act or condition of agreeing or corresponding
2.
similarity or analogy
3.
agreement or conformity
4.
a.
communication by the exchange of letters
b.
the letters so exchanged
Also (archaic): correspondency
correspondence in American English
(ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns; ˌkɑrəˈspɑndəns)
noun
1.
agreement with something else or with one another; conformity
2.
similarity; analogy
3.
a.
communication by exchange of letters
b.
the letters received or written
4. Ancient Mathematics
a clearly defined relationship between two members of a set, or different sets, as one-to-one correspondence
Word origin
ME < ML correspondentia < prp. of correspondere: see correspond
Examples of 'correspondence' in a sentence
correspondence
Muttering how far behind he was with correspondence he moved towards his study.
Townsend, Eileen IN LOVE AND WAR (2001)
Danlo had a feeling that he should pay close attention to this correspondence.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2001)
By pure chance, Jo said, carefully avoiding my gaze, my name entered the correspondence.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS (2001)
An actual response from the Pope after a lifetime of devoted correspondence.
Louise Erdrich THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL (2001)
In other languages
correspondence
British English: correspondence /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns/ NOUN
Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.
...his correspondence with a college friend.
American English: correspondence
Arabic: مُرَاسَلَة
Brazilian Portuguese: correspondência
Chinese: 通信
Croatian: prepiska
Czech: korespondence
Danish: korrespondance
Dutch: correspondentie
European Spanish: correspondencia
Finnish: kirjeenvaihto
French: correspondance
German: Korrespondenz
Greek: αλληλογραφία
Italian: corrispondenza
Japanese: 文通
Korean: 교신
Norwegian: korrespondanse
Polish: korespondencja
European Portuguese: correspondência
Romanian: corespondență
Russian: переписка написание писем
Latin American Spanish: correspondencia
Swedish: korrespondens
Thai: การติดต่อกันทางจดหมาย
Turkish: yazışma
Ukrainian: листування
Vietnamese: thư từ trao đổi
All related terms of 'correspondence'
correspondence card
a piece of card, often with the sender's name and address printed on the top, designed to be used for sending brief notes to people through the post
correspondence college
an educational institution that runs courses and keeps in contact with its students by post
correspondence column
a section of a newspaper or magazine in which are printed readers ' letters to the editor
correspondence course
A correspondence course is a course in which you study at home , receiving your work by post and sending it back by post.
correspondence school
an educational institution that offers tuition ( correspondence courses ) by post
correspondence principle
the principle that the laws of quantum mechanics and of any new theory that may be developed reduce to the laws of Newtonian mechanics and electromagnetic theory when applied to systems in which Planck's constant can be regarded as negligible , wavelengths are comparatively small, dimensions are relatively large, etc
Chinese translation of 'correspondence'
correspondence
(kɔrɪsˈpɔndəns)
n
(u) (= letter-writing) 通信 (tōngxìn)
(u) (= letters) 信件 (xìnjiàn)
(c) (= relationship) 一致 (yīzhì)
1 (noun)
Definition
communication by letters
The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Synonyms
communication
The problem is a lack of real communication between you.
writing
contact
Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the government.
2 (noun)
Definition
the letters exchanged in this way
He always replied to his correspondence promptly.
Synonyms
letters
post
He flipped through the post without opening any of it.
mail
She looked through the mail.
3 (noun)
Definition
relationship or similarity
correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity
Synonyms
relation
This theory bears no relation to reality.
match
agreement
The results are generally in agreement with these figures.
fitness
comparison
There is no comparison between the picture quality of the two formats.
harmony
the ordered harmony of the universe
coincidence
similarity
the astonishing similarity between my brother and my eldest son
analogy
The analogy between music and fragrance has stuck.
correlation
There is a correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
conformity
comparability
concurrence
congruity
Additional synonyms
in the sense of agreement
The results are generally in agreement with these figures.
Synonyms
correspondence,
agreeing,
accord,
similarity,
consistency,
analogy,
accordance,
correlation,
affinity,
conformity,
compatibility,
congruity,
suitableness
in the sense of analogy
Definition
a comparison made to show such a similarity
The analogy between music and fragrance has stuck.