correspondence
[noun]
Synonyms:
- letters, communication, mail, post, writing
- relation, agreement, coincidence, comparison, conformity, correlation, harmony, match, similarity

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Antonyms: divergence

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cor‧re‧spon‧dence AC /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndəns, ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns $ ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]

1. the letters that someone sends and receives, especially official or business letters:
A secretary came in twice a week to deal with his correspondence.

2. the process of sending and receiving letters:
The magazine is unable to enter into any correspondence on medical matters.
(be in) correspondence with somebody
He had been in correspondence with her for several years before they finally met.
All correspondence between us must cease.

3. a relationship or connection between two or more ideas or facts
correspondence between
There was no correspondence between the historical facts and Johnson’s account of them.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

correspondence
noun
I. letters exchanged
ADJ. confidential, personal, private | business, commercial, diplomatic, official | regular | voluminous | lively a lively correspondence in ‘The Times’ about ways of preparing tripe
QUANT. item Numerous items of correspondence have been received on this subject.
pile He was leafing through piles of correspondence.
VERB + CORRESPONDENCE enter into, have It would be foolish for a doctor to enter into correspondence with a patient. I have had correspondence with the company director on this matter.
carry on, keep up We kept up a correspondence for many months.
send Please send correspondence to ‘Letters to the Editor, Model Railway Journal’.
receive | read | answer, deal with, handle The secretary deals with all the correspondence.
catch up on I would spend the time reading or catching up on my correspondence.
intercept The department intercepted the correspondence of foreign diplomats.
CORRESPONDENCE + NOUN column the correspondence columns of the ‘London Review of Books’
course I did a correspondence course in economics.
PREP. by/through ~ All our business is conducted by correspondence.
in ~ with I have been in correspondence with the manager of the store.
~ about/on/concerning/regarding/relating to files full of confidential correspondence relating to the company's expansion plans
~ between I have seen the correspondence between the company and the local authority.
~ from The editor welcomes correspondence from readers on any subject.
~ with copies of his correspondence with the Queen

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

correspondence
II. connection
ADJ. direct, exact, one-to-one The child can see the one-to-one correspondence of the buttons and buttonholes.
close
PREP. ~ between a close correspondence between theory and practice

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲