All 5 Uses of
correspond
in
Great Expectations
- Some medical beast had revived Tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness.
p. 11.0correspondent = proportional
- He was a burly man of an exceedingly dark complexion, with an exceedingly large head, and a corresponding large hand.
p. 86.7 *corresponding = fitting or proportional
- You air in correspondence with Mr. Pip?
p. 235.8correspondence = communication by writing letters
- Many a year went round before I was a partner in the House; but I lived happily with Herbert and his wife, and lived frugally, and paid my debts, and maintained a constant correspondence with Biddy and Joe.
p. 511.6 *
- His manner of bearing his poverty, too, exactly corresponded to his manner of bearing that defeat.†
p. 193.5
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.) -
(2)
(correspond as in: corresponding by email) communicate -- typically by writing letters or emailA corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.
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(3)
(correspondence as in: a correspondence course) done from afarFor example, a corresponding member or a correspondence course.
This sense of corresponding arose because people who lived in distant cities and could not be present for meetings, could communicate by sending written communications. -
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(correspondent as in: foreign correspondent of the paper) a reporter or other representative -- typically from a foreign country or with a particular expertise