Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of correspond
plural correspondings
- A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.
comparative more corresponding · superlative most corresponding
- that have a similar relationship
2 more examples
The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in TelegraphIt cannot be accidental that within the timar system the proportion of holdings controlled by the ümera and the ordinary sipahis shifted to the benefit of the former. Whereas around 1527–8, 19% of the total income from timars had been in the hands of beylerbeyis and sancakbeyis, in the 1580s the corresponding figure was 29%.
2018, Pál Fodor, The Business of State. Ottoman Finance Administration and Ruling Elites in Transition (1580s–1615) (Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkvölker; 28), Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag × De Gruyter, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, page 284 fn. 919
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveaccompanying
adjectivesimilar especially in position or purpose
adjectiveconforming in every respect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, correspond + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съответстващ, съответен
- съответстващ (săotvetstvašt)that have a similar relationship
- съответен (săotveten)that have a similar relationship
- подходящ (podhodjašt)that have a similar relationship
Catalan corresponent
- corresponentthat have a similar relationship
Czech odpovídající
- odpovídajícíthat have a similar relationship
Dutch corresponderend, overeenkomstig
- corresponderendthat have a similar relationship
- overeenkomstigthat have a similar relationship
Esperanto respondanta
- respondantathat have a similar relationship
Finnish vastaava
- vastaavathat have a similar relationship
French correspondant
- correspondantthat have a similar relationship
German korrespondierend
- korrespondierendthat have a similar relationship
Greek αντίστοιχος, σχετικός
- αντίστοιχος (antístoichos)that have a similar relationship
- σχετικός (schetikós)that have a similar relationship
Hungarian megfelelő, hasonló
- megfelelőthat have a similar relationship
- hasonlóthat have a similar relationship
- egyezőthat have a similar relationship
- megegyezőthat have a similar relationship
- azonosthat have a similar relationship
- ugyanazonthat have a similar relationship
Italian corrispondente, analogo
- corrispondentethat have a similar relationship
- analogothat have a similar relationship
Latvian atbilstošs, piederīgs
- atbilstošsthat have a similar relationship
- piederīgsthat have a similar relationship
Polish odpowiadający
- odpowiadającythat have a similar relationship
Portuguese correspondente
- correspondentethat have a similar relationship
Romanian corespunzător, corespondent
- corespunzătorthat have a similar relationship
- corespondentthat have a similar relationship
Russian соотве́тствующий, соответственный
- соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij)that have a similar relationship
- соответственный (sootvetstvennyj)that have a similar relationship
Spanish correspondiente
- correspondientethat have a similar relationship
Swedish korresponderande, motsvarande
- korresponderandethat have a similar relationship
- motsvarandethat have a similar relationship
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with corresponding
All rhymes →Cite this entry
corresponding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corresponding
“corresponding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corresponding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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