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
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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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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management was not involved in Hammond’s correspondence to BP, the agency’s Public Information Officer Barry Sneed said in a statement.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
The two men, who died on the same day in 1826, mended their friendship through correspondence.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
The Public Service Commission declined two requests to make Hahn available for comment or answer questions about her correspondence with the governor’s office.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
What is your policy for responding to the IRS and other government correspondence?
—Burcu Manay, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
The two men, who died on the same day in 1826, mended their friendship through correspondence.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
The Public Service Commission declined two requests to make Hahn available for comment or answer questions about her correspondence with the governor’s office.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
What is your policy for responding to the IRS and other government correspondence?
—Burcu Manay, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Correspondence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correspondence. Accessed 11 Feb. 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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