correspondence

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for correspondence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Etymology

From correspond +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: kŏ"rĭspŏn'dəns, IPA(key): /ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒndəns/
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Noun

correspondence (countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)

  1. Mutual communication or discourse:
    1. (uncountable, obsolete) Friendly discussion.
    2. (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
    3. (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
    4. (countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
  2. Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:
    1. (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
    2. (set theory, countable) A relation.
    3. (theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)

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