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kŏ"rĭspŏn'dəns
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˌkɒɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/
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General-American, dialectal:
/ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/
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General-American, dialectal:
/ˌkoɹ.əˈspɑn.dəns/
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Canada, dialectal:
/ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/
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Canada, dialectal:
/ˌkoɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/
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New-York-City:
/ˌkɑ.ɹəˈspɑn.dəns/
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Australian:
/ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dəns/
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Australian:
/ˌkɔɹ.əˈspɔn.dəns/
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New-Zealand:
/ˌkɒɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/
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New-Zealand:
[ˌkɔ̟ɹ.əˈspɔ̟n.dəns]
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CMU ARPABET:
K AO2 R AH0 S P AA1 N D AH0 N S
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Mutual communication or discourse:
Friendly discussion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Mutual communication or discourse:
Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Mutual communication or discourse:
Newspaper or news stories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Mutual communication or discourse:
Postal or other written communications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:
An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:
A relation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory
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Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:
A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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compatibility of observations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
there was no agreement between theory and measurement the results of two tests were in correspondence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agreement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compatibility
Narrower terms: conformity, conformance
similarity by virtue of corresponding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: parallelism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: similarity
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: symmetry, symmetricalness, balance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
Narrower terms: regularity, geometrical regularity, bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry
communication by the exchange of letters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: first class, 1st class, first-class mail, 1st-class mail, written communication, written language, black and white
Narrower terms: card
the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness
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Broader terms: proportionality
From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.
Across languages
Translations
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
бесе́да
(beséda)
— friendly discussion
Russian :
бесе́да
(beséda)
— friendly discussion
Tagalog :
filipino
— friendly discussion
Tagalog :
pakikipagtalastasan
— friendly discussion
Arabic :
مُرَاسَلَة
(murāsala)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Belarusian :
перапíска
(pjerapíska)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Belarusian :
карэспандэ́нцыя
(karespandéncyja)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Bulgarian :
кореспонде́нция
(korespondéncija)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Bulgarian :
пре́писка
(prépiska)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Catalan :
correspondència
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Chinese Mandarin :
通信
(tōngxìn)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Chinese Mandarin :
通訊 /通讯
(tōngxùn)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Danish :
brevveksling
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Danish :
korrespondance
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Dutch :
briefwisseling
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Dutch :
correspondentie
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Esperanto :
korespondaĵo
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Finnish :
kirjeenvaihto
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
French :
correspondance
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Georgian :
კორესპონდენცია
(ḳoresṗondencia)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Georgian :
მიმოწერა
(mimoc̣era)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
German :
Briefwechsel
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
German :
Korrespondenz
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Italian :
corrispondenza
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Italian :
carteggio
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Japanese :
文通
(buntsū)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Japanese :
通信
(tsūshin)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Korean :
통신
(tongsin)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Korean :
문통
(muntong)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Macedonian :
преписка
(prepiska)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Norwegian Bokmål :
brevveksling
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Plautdietsch :
Breefwakjsel
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Polish :
korespondencja
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Portuguese :
correspondência
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Romanian :
corespondență
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Russian :
перепи́ска
(perepíska)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Russian :
корреспонде́нция
(korrespondéncija)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Spanish :
correspondencia
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Spanish :
carteo
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Swedish :
brevväxling
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Swedish :
korrespondens
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Turkish :
yazışma
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Turkish :
haberleşme
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Ukrainian :
листува́ння
(lystuvánnja)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Ukrainian :
кореспонде́нція
(korespondéncija)
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Welsh :
gohebiaeth
— reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Belarusian :
адпаве́днасць
(adpavjédnascʹ)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Belarusian :
адпаве́днасьць
(adpavjédnasʹcʹ)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Bulgarian :
съотве́тствие
(sǎotvétstvie)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Bulgarian :
съотноше́ние
(sǎotnošénie)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Catalan :
correspondència
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Chinese Mandarin :
對應 /对应
(duìyìng)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Finnish :
vastaavuus
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
French :
correspondance
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Georgian :
შესაბამისობა
(šesabamisoba)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
German :
Korrespondenz
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
German :
Übereinstimmung
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Japanese :
対応
(taiō)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Korean :
대응
(daeeung)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Polish :
odpowiedniość
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Polish :
zgodność
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Portuguese :
correspondência
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Romanian :
corespondență
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Romanian :
concordanță
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Russian :
соотве́тствие
(sootvétstvije)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Russian :
соотноше́ние
(sootnošénije)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Ukrainian :
відпові́дність
(vidpovídnistʹ)
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Welsh :
cyfatebiaeth
— agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Bulgarian :
кореспонде́нция
(korespondéncija)
— newspaper or news stories generally
Catalan :
notícies
— newspaper or news stories generally
Catalan :
correspondència
— newspaper or news stories generally
Chinese Mandarin :
通訊 /通讯
(tōngxùn)
— newspaper or news stories generally
Finnish :
lehdet
— newspaper or news stories generally
French :
chronique
— newspaper or news stories generally
French :
correspondance
— newspaper or news stories generally
German :
Korrespondenz
— newspaper or news stories generally
Greek :
ανταπόκριση
(antapókrisi)
— newspaper or news stories generally
Italian :
corrispondenza
— newspaper or news stories generally
Japanese :
通信
(tsūshin)
— newspaper or news stories generally
Polish :
korespondencja
— newspaper or news stories generally
Portuguese :
notícias
— newspaper or news stories generally
Romanian :
corespondență
— newspaper or news stories generally
Russian :
корреспонде́нция
(korrespondéncija)
— newspaper or news stories generally
Spanish :
noticias
— newspaper or news stories generally
Turkish :
haber
— newspaper or news stories generally
Bulgarian :
кореспонде́нция
(korespondéncija)
— postal or other written communications
Catalan :
carteig
— postal or other written communications
Chinese Mandarin :
書簡 /书简
(shūjiǎn)
— postal or other written communications
Chinese Mandarin :
函件
(hánjiàn)
— postal or other written communications
Dutch :
correspondentie
— postal or other written communications
French :
correspondance
— postal or other written communications
German :
Korrespondenz
— postal or other written communications
German :
Schriftverkehr
— postal or other written communications
German :
Briefwechsel
— postal or other written communications
Greek :
αλληλογραφία
(allilografía)
— postal or other written communications
Hebrew :
התכתבות
— postal or other written communications
Hindi :
पत्र-व्यवहार
(patra-vyavhār)
— postal or other written communications
Hindi :
पत्राचार
(patrācār)
— postal or other written communications
Hindi :
चिट्ठी-पत्री
(ciṭṭhī-patrī)
— postal or other written communications
Hindi :
ख़त-किताबत
(xat-kitābat)
— postal or other written communications
Hindi :
लिखापढ़ी
(likhāpaṛhī)
— postal or other written communications
Japanese :
書簡
(shokan)
— postal or other written communications
Kulere :
huhu
— postal or other written communications
Norman :
correspondance
— postal or other written communications
Norwegian Bokmål :
korrespondanse
— postal or other written communications
Norwegian Nynorsk :
korrespondanse
— postal or other written communications
Portuguese :
correspondência
— postal or other written communications
Romanian :
corespondență
— postal or other written communications
Russian :
корреспонде́нция
(korrespondéncija)
— postal or other written communications
Russian :
перепи́ска
(perepíska)
— postal or other written communications
Slovak :
korešpondencia
— postal or other written communications
Spanish :
correspondencia
— postal or other written communications
Tagalog :
palihaman
— postal or other written communications
Turkish :
mektuplaşma
— postal or other written communications
Bulgarian :
съотве́тствие
(sǎotvétstvie)
— set theory
Catalan :
correspondència
— set theory
Chinese Mandarin :
對應關係 /对应关系
(duìyìng guānxi)
— set theory
Norwegian Bokmål :
korrespondanse
— set theory
Norwegian Nynorsk :
korrespondanse
— set theory
Portuguese :
correspondência
— set theory
Romanian :
corespondență
— set theory
Russian :
соотве́тствие
(sootvétstvije)
— set theory
Russian :
соотноше́ние
(sootnošénije)
— set theory
Spanish :
correspondencia
— set theory