CORRESPONDENCE


Meaning of CORRESPONDENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒrɪspɒndəns, AM kɔ:r- ]

( correspondences)

1.

Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone.

The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into...

His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close college friend.

N-UNCOUNT : also a N , oft N with n

2.

Someone’s correspondence is the letters that they receive or send.

He always replied to his correspondence...

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If there is a correspondence between two things, there is a close similarity or connection between them.

In African languages there is a close correspondence between sounds and letters.

N-COUNT : oft N between pl-n

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