noun
1 letters exchanged
ADJECTIVE
▪ confidential , personal , private
▪ business , diplomatic , official
▪ regular
▪ email , written
▪ extensive , voluminous
… OF CORRESPONDENCE
▪ item ( BrE )
▪
Numerous items of ~ have been received on this subject.
▪ pile ( esp. BrE )
▪
He was leafing through piles of ~.
VERB + CORRESPONDENCE
▪ enter into , exchange , have
▪
It would be foolish for a doctor to enter into ~ with a patient.
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I have had ~ with the company director on this matter.
▪ carry on , keep up , maintain
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We kept up a ~ for many months.
▪ address , send
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Please send ~ to ‘Money Monthly’.
▪ receive
▪ read
▪ answer , deal with , handle
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The secretary deals with all the ~.
▪ catch up on
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I would spend the time reading or catching up on my ~.
▪ intercept
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The department intercepted the ~ of foreign diplomats.
CORRESPONDENCE + NOUN
▪ course , school ( AmE )
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I did a ~ course in economics.
▪ column ( esp. BrE )
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the ~ columns of the ‘London Review of Books’
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~ , through ~
▪
All our business is conducted by ~.
▪ in ~ with
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I have been in ~ with the manager of the store.
▪ ~ about , ~ concerning , ~ on , ~ regarding , ~ relating to
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files full of confidential ~ relating to the company's expansion plans
▪ ~ between
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I have seen the ~ between the company and the college.
▪ ~ from
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The editor welcomes ~ from readers on any subject.
▪ ~ with
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copies of her ~ with the composer
2 connection
ADJECTIVE
▪ direct , exact , one-to-one
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The child can see the one-to-one ~ of the buttons and buttonholes.
▪ close
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
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a close ~ between theory and practice