correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s 
ˌkär-
1
a
: communication by letters or email
also
: the letters or emails exchanged
I have a pile of correspondence on my desk.
b
: the news, information, or opinion contributed by a correspondent to a newspaper or periodical
2
a
: the agreement of things with one another
the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation
b
: a particular similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is associated with one or more members of the other compare function sense 5a
Examples of correspondence in a Sentence
They communicated by telephone and correspondence.
E-mail correspondence has become extremely important for modern businesses.
The two men began a correspondence that would continue throughout their lives.
A book of the author's personal correspondence was published early last year.
A formal tone is always used in business correspondence.
Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.
Sometimes there is little correspondence between the way a word is spelled and the way it is pronounced in English.
Sometimes there are few correspondences between spelling and pronunciation.
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Lowell said records and correspondence easily disproved Pulte’s allegation.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Wilcox said she was informed through correspondence with 801 Pearl management that leaving the garage doors open during business hours would violate leasing terms for residents.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
Taylor’s email was included in correspondence between IDOC staff and officials in the Governor’s Office that the Statesman obtained through a public records request.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2025
Right now his department’s promised report on what has caused rates of autism to rise over recent decades is expected to highlight Tylenol use, whether during pregnancy or, as my colleague Tom Bartlett reported, based on Kennedy’s correspondence with a fringe researcher, in early childhood.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Wilcox said she was informed through correspondence with 801 Pearl management that leaving the garage doors open during business hours would violate leasing terms for residents.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
Taylor’s email was included in correspondence between IDOC staff and officials in the Governor’s Office that the Statesman obtained through a public records request.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2025
Right now his department’s promised report on what has caused rates of autism to rise over recent decades is expected to highlight Tylenol use, whether during pregnancy or, as my colleague Tom Bartlett reported, based on Kennedy’s correspondence with a fringe researcher, in early childhood.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Correspondence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correspondence. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s
1
a
: agreement between certain things
b
: a point of similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is matched to one or more members of the other set
2
a
: communication by letters
b
: the letters exchanged
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