All 4 Uses of
correspond
in
Wuthering Heights
- It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday's walk left pictured in my mind.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)corresponding = proportional
- I marvelled much how he, with a mind to correspond with his person, could fancy my idea of Catherine Earnshaw.
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *correspond = fit together
- She was driven away, never to revisit this neighbourhood: but a regular correspondence was established between her and my master when things were more settled.
Chpt 17 (definition 2) *correspondence = communication by writing letters
- Though I could not but suspect, I was still surprised to discover that they were a mass of correspondence — daily almost, it must have been — from Linton Heathcliff: answers to documents forwarded by her.
Chpt 21 (definition 2)correspondence = written letters
Definitions:
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(1) (correspond as in: corresponding time period) connect or fit together by being equivalent, proportionate, or matched
(Two things are equivalent if they have the same or very similar value, purpose, or result.)
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(2) (correspond as in: corresponding by email) communicate -- typically by writing letters or emaileditor's notes: A corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.