noun
correspondence
kor-ih-SPON-duhns
noun
1
Letters or messages exchanged between people.
"The museum keeps his personal correspondence from the war years."
"All business correspondence should go through the main office."
2
A close match or similarity between things.
"There's a clear correspondence between the two theories."
How to Use Correspondence
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWritten communication, or a matching relationship between two things.
Common pairings
business correspondence
correspondence course
close correspondence
Word Forms
correspondences plural
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Etymology
From Latin correspondentia, related to "correspond" plus the suffix "-ence".