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correspondence

  • /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/ UK
  • /ˌkɒɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/ UK
  • /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/ US, dialectal
  • /ˌkoɹ.əˈspɑn.dəns/ US, dialectal
  • /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ˌkoɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ˌkɑ.ɹəˈspɑn.dəns/ New York City
  • /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dəns/ Australia
  • /ˌkɔɹ.əˈspɔn.dəns/ Australia
  • /ˌkɒɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/ New Zealand
  • [ˌkɔ̟ɹ.əˈspɔ̟n.dəns] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.

noun correspondences

  1. obsolete, uncountable Friendly discussion.
  2. uncountable Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
  3. uncountable Newspaper or news stories.
  4. countable, uncountable Postal or other written communications. I'm doing time in Oklahoma and really would appreciate some correspondence.
  5. countable, uncountable Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc For, if praxis signifes the whole of man's part in history, the value of intellectual production as an aspect of that whole is to be measured by the mind's ability to 'express' changing historical situations, and not by the correspondence between some 'objective' universe and the description of it.
  6. countable An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
  7. countable A relation.
  8. countable, uncountable A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)

Similar: correspondency

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: commensurateness, parallelism, proportionateness, balance, agreement, symmetricalness, symmetry, map, mapping, communication, relationship, connection, correspond, link, corresponding, correlation

noun

Similar: correspondency

Translations

Every language

noun friendly discussion

Русскийбесе́да beséda

noun reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters

Españolcorrespondencia, carteo
한국어통신 tongsin, 문통 muntong
日本語文通 buntsū, 通信 tsūshin
中文通信 tōngxìn, 通訊 /通讯 tōngxùn
Portuguêscorrespondência
Françaiscorrespondance
DeutschBriefwechsel, Korrespondenz
Italianocorrispondenza, carteggio
Românăcorespondență
Русскийперепи́ска perepíska, корреспонде́нция korrespondéncija
العربيةمُرَاسَلَة murāsala

noun newspaper or news stories generally

Españolnoticias
日本語通信 tsūshin
中文通訊 /通讯 tōngxùn
Portuguêsnotícias
Françaischronique, correspondance
DeutschKorrespondenz
Italianocorrispondenza
Ελληνικάανταπόκριση antapókrisi
Românăcorespondență
Русскийкорреспонде́нция korrespondéncija

noun postal or other written communications

Españolcorrespondencia
日本語書簡 shokan
中文書簡 /书简 shūjiǎn, 函件 hánjiàn
हिन्दीपत्र-व्यवहार patra-vyavhār, पत्राचार patrācār, चिट्ठी-पत्री ciṭṭhī-patrī, ख़त-किताबत xat-kitābat, लिखापढ़ी likhāpaṛhī
Portuguêscorrespondência
Françaiscorrespondance
DeutschKorrespondenz, Schriftverkehr, Briefwechsel
Ελληνικάαλληλογραφία allilografía
Românăcorespondență
Русскийкорреспонде́нция korrespondéncija, перепи́ска perepíska
עבריתהתכתבות

noun agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome

한국어대응 daeeung
日本語対応 taiō
中文對應 /对应 duìyìng
Portuguêscorrespondência
Françaiscorrespondance
DeutschKorrespondenz, Übereinstimmung
Românăcorespondență, concordanță
Русскийсоотве́тствие sootvétstvije, соотноше́ние sootnošénije

noun set theory

Españolcorrespondencia
中文對應關係 /对应关系 duìyìng guānxi
Portuguêscorrespondência
Românăcorespondență
Русскийсоотве́тствие sootvétstvije, соотноше́ние sootnošénije

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@misc{correspondence_2026,
  title = {correspondence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/correspondence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}