correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s 
ˌkär-
1
a
: communication by letters or email
also
: the letters or emails exchanged
I have a pile of correspondence on my desk.
b
: the news, information, or opinion contributed by a correspondent to a newspaper or periodical
2
a
: the agreement of things with one another
the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation
b
: a particular similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is associated with one or more members of the other compare function sense 5a
Examples of correspondence in a Sentence
They communicated by telephone and correspondence.
E-mail correspondence has become extremely important for modern businesses.
The two men began a correspondence that would continue throughout their lives.
A book of the author's personal correspondence was published early last year.
A formal tone is always used in business correspondence.
Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.
Sometimes there is little correspondence between the way a word is spelled and the way it is pronounced in English.
Sometimes there are few correspondences between spelling and pronunciation.
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Gumming Up the Works The useful correspondence between Turing machines and Diophantine equations falls apart when the equations are allowed to have non-integer solutions.
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Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
But new correspondence with The Times raises questions about whether that narrative is accurate, or if Bass is withholding public records.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
This tradition was continued by the then-Prince Charles who maintained a regular letter-writing correspondence with President Trump, even when many shunned him once out of office.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
The subpoena requests the village’s correspondence with Woods as well as with Kamara’s company, TAK Group Investments LLC.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
But new correspondence with The Times raises questions about whether that narrative is accurate, or if Bass is withholding public records.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
This tradition was continued by the then-Prince Charles who maintained a regular letter-writing correspondence with President Trump, even when many shunned him once out of office.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
The subpoena requests the village’s correspondence with Woods as well as with Kamara’s company, TAK Group Investments LLC.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for correspondence
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“Correspondence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correspondence. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s
1
a
: agreement between certain things
b
: a point of similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is matched to one or more members of the other set
2
a
: communication by letters
b
: the letters exchanged
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