correspondverb [ I ]
uk/ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒnd/us/ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːnd/correspond verb [ I ] (MATCH)
B2 to match or be similar or equal:
The money I've saved corresponds roughly to the amount I need for my plane ticket.
The American FBI corresponds to the British MI5.
His story of what happened that night didn't correspond with the witness's version.
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- Their accounts of what happened that evening don't correspond at all.
- We both added up the figures again, but our totals still didn't correspond.
- That is not much of a punishment - it doesn't correspond with the seriousness of the offence.
- Her reply corresponded with yours, so I suppose I must believe you.
- My views on politics seldom correspond with those of my father.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being or appearing similar or the same
- a passing resemblance idiom
- agree
- answer
- ballpark
- be in good company idiom
- be in the same ballpark idiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
- be two of a kind idiom
- company
- equalize
- equalizer
- even
- even (sth) out
- flatline
- homologous
- homologous series
- in line with sth idiom
- line
- match up
- tally
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correspond verb [ I ] (WRITE)
B2 to communicate by writing a letter or sending an email:
I've been corresponding with several experts in the field.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communication
- communicative
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- send word idiom
- signal
- touch
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