All 6 Uses of
correspond
in
Jane Eyre
- Miss Miller occupied the foot of the table where I sat, and a strange, foreign-looking, elderly lady, the French teacher, as I afterwards found, took the corresponding seat at the other board.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)corresponding = matching
- She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)corresponding = matching (fitting together with)
- "Because," he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you — especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame."
Chpt 23 (definition 1) *corresponding = matching (similar)
- Mr. Eyre has been the Funchal correspondent of his house for some years.
Chpt 26 (definition 2) *correspondent = reporter
- In the course of my necessary correspondence with Mr. Briggs about the will, I had inquired if he knew anything of Mr. Rochester's present residence and state of health; but, as St. John had conjectured, he was quite ignorant of all concerning him.
Chpt 34 (definition 3)correspondence = communication by writing letters
- He has maintained a regular, though not frequent, correspondence ever since: he hopes I am happy, and trusts I am not of those who live without God in the world, and only mind earthly things.
Chpt 38 (definition 3) *
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) (correspondent as in: foreign correspondent of the paper) a reporter -- typically from a foreign country or with a particular expertise
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(3) (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.