Meanings
nouncorrespondence (countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)
plural correspondences
- Mutual communication or discourse:
- obsoleteuncountableFriendly discussion.
- uncountableReciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
- countableuncountableCongruity 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.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 191 - Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:
- countableAn agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- countablemathematicsA relation.
- countableuncountablelifestyleA similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nounthe relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
Broader
noun(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Broader
spatial propertyspatiality
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincorrespondentia
- Middle Englishcorrespondence
- Englishcorrespondence
From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُرَاسَلَة
- مُرَاسَلَة (murāsala)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Bulgarian бесе́да, кореспонде́нция
- бесе́да (beséda)friendly discussion
- кореспонде́нция (korespondéncija)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- пре́писка (prépiska)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- кореспонде́нция (korespondéncija)newspaper or news stories generally
- кореспонде́нция (korespondéncija)postal or other written communications
- съотве́тствие (săotvétstvie)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- съотноше́ние (săotnošénie)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- съотве́тствие (săotvétstvie)set theory
Catalan correspondència, notícies
- correspondènciareciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- notíciesnewspaper or news stories generally
- correspondèncianewspaper or news stories generally
- carteigpostal or other written communications
- correspondènciaagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- correspondènciaset theory
Chinese Mandarin 通信, 通訊 /通讯
- 通信 (tōngxìn)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- 通訊 /通讯 (tōngxùn)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- 通訊 /通讯 (tōngxùn)newspaper or news stories generally
- 書簡 /书简 (shūjiǎn)postal or other written communications
- 函件 (hánjiàn)postal or other written communications
- 對應 /对应 (duìyìng)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- 對應關係 /对应关系 (duìyìng guānxi)set theory
Danish brevveksling, korrespondance
- brevvekslingreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- korrespondancereciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Dutch briefwisseling, correspondentie
- briefwisselingreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- correspondentiereciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- correspondentiepostal or other written communications
Esperanto korespondaĵo
- korespondaĵoreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Finnish kirjeenvaihto, lehdet
- kirjeenvaihtoreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- lehdetnewspaper or news stories generally
- kirjeenvaihtopostal or other written communications
- yhteydenpitopostal or other written communications
- vastaavuusagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
French correspondance, chronique
- correspondancereciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- chroniquenewspaper or news stories generally
- correspondancenewspaper or news stories generally
- correspondancepostal or other written communications
- correspondanceagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
German Briefwechsel, Korrespondenz
- Briefwechselreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- Korrespondenzreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- Korrespondenznewspaper or news stories generally
- Korrespondenzpostal or other written communications
- Schriftverkehrpostal or other written communications
- Briefwechselpostal or other written communications
- Korrespondenzagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- Übereinstimmungagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Greek ανταπόκριση, αλληλογραφία
- ανταπόκριση (antapókrisi)newspaper or news stories generally
- αλληλογραφία (allilografía)postal or other written communications
Hebrew התכתבות
- התכתבותpostal or other written communications
Hindi पत्र-व्यवहार, पत्राचार
- पत्र-व्यवहार (patra-vyavhār)postal or other written communications
- पत्राचार (patrācār)postal or other written communications
- चिट्ठी-पत्री (ciṭṭhī-patrī)postal or other written communications
- ख़त-किताबत (xat-kitābat)postal or other written communications
- लिखापढ़ी (likhāpaṛhī)postal or other written communications
Italian corrispondenza, carteggio
- corrispondenzareciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- carteggioreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- corrispondenzanewspaper or news stories generally
Japanese 文通, 通信
- 文通 (buntsū)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- 通信 (tsūshin)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- 通信 (tsūshin)newspaper or news stories generally
- 書簡 (shokan)postal or other written communications
- 対応 (taiō)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Korean 통신, 문통
- 통신 (tongsin)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- 문통 (muntong)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- 대응 (daeeung)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Norwegian Bokmål brevveksling, korrespondanse
- brevvekslingreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- korrespondansepostal or other written communications
- korrespondanseset theory
Polish korespondencja, korespondencja
- korespondencjareciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- korespondencjanewspaper or news stories generally
- odpowiedniośćagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- zgodnośćagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Portuguese correspondência, notícias
- correspondênciareciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- notíciasnewspaper or news stories generally
- correspondênciapostal or other written communications
- correspondênciaagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- correspondênciaset theory
Romanian corespondență, corespondență
- corespondențăreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- corespondențănewspaper or news stories generally
- corespondențăpostal or other written communications
- corespondențăagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- concordanțăagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- corespondențăset theory
Russian бесе́да, перепи́ска
- бесе́да (beséda)friendly discussion
- перепи́ска (perepíska)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- корреспонде́нция (korrespondéncija)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- корреспонде́нция (korrespondéncija)newspaper or news stories generally
- корреспонде́нция (korrespondéncija)postal or other written communications
- перепи́ска (perepíska)postal or other written communications
- соотве́тствие (sootvétstvije)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- соотноше́ние (sootnošénije)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
- соотве́тствие (sootvétstvije)set theory
- соотноше́ние (sootnošénije)set theory
Slovak korešpondencia
- korešpondenciapostal or other written communications
Spanish correspondencia, carteo
- correspondenciareciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- carteoreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- noticiasnewspaper or news stories generally
- correspondenciapostal or other written communications
- correspondenciaset theory
Swedish brevväxling, korrespondens
- brevväxlingreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- korrespondensreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
Tagalog filipino, pakikipagtalastasan
- filipinofriendly discussion
- pakikipagtalastasanfriendly discussion
- palihamanpostal or other written communications
Turkish yazışma, haberleşme
- yazışmareciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- haberleşmereciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- habernewspaper or news stories generally
- mektuplaşmapostal or other written communications
Ukrainian листува́ння, кореспонде́нція
- листува́ння (lystuvánnja)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- кореспонде́нція (korespondéncija)reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- відпові́дність (vidpovídnistʹ)agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
Welsh gohebiaeth, cyfatebiaeth
- gohebiaethreciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters
- cyfatebiaethagreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome
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