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Definition of correspond verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

correspond

verb
 
/ˌkɒrəˈspɒnd/
 
/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːnd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they correspond
 
/ˌkɒrəˈspɒnd/
 
/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːnd/
he / she / it corresponds
 
/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndz/
 
/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndz/
past simple corresponded
 
/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndɪd/
 
/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndɪd/
past participle corresponded
 
/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndɪd/
 
/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndɪd/
-ing form corresponding
 
/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndɪŋ/
 
/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to be the same as or match something synonym agree, tally
    • Your account and hers do not correspond.
    • correspond with something Your account of events does not correspond with hers.
    • correspond to something The written record of the conversation doesn't correspond to (= is different from) what was actually said.
    Extra Examples
    • The movement of the dot on the screen corresponds exactly with the movement of the control lever.
    • Check that this number corresponds with the one on the document.
    • The presence of neutrons explains why the atomic weights of elements do not correspond with their atomic numbers.
    • Wages did not rise to correspond with the price increases brought about by the wars.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • closely
    • well
    • directly
    preposition
    • to
    • with
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] correspond (to something) to be similar to or the same as something else
    • The British job of Lecturer corresponds roughly to the US Associate Professor.
    Extra Examples
    • Their nursery schools correspond roughly to our infant schools.
    • The word corresponds roughly in meaning to our ‘homesickness’.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • closely
    • well
    • directly
    preposition
    • to
    • with
    See full entry
  3. [intransitive] correspond (with somebody) (formal) to write letters or emails, etc. to somebody and receive letters or emails, etc. from them
    • She corresponded regularly with her former teacher.
    • I have corresponded with him in the past.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • regularly
    preposition
    • with
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  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French correspondre, from medieval Latin correspondere, from cor- ‘together’ + Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.
See correspond in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee correspond in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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