All 5 Uses
correspond
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
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- He supposed she was in correspondence with Morris Townsend; but he held his peace about it, for he never saw the young man's letters, and Catherine's own missives were always given to the courier to post.†
Chpt 24 *correspondence = communication by written letters or messages
- I haven't the least idea; I am not in secret correspondence with him!†
Chpt 30 *correspondence = done from afar
- She would have liked to have a lover, and to correspond with him under an assumed name in letters left at a shop; I am bound to say that her imagination never carried the intimacy farther than this.†
Chpt 2
- It is highly probable you have been corresponding with him for the last three weeks—perhaps even seeing him.†
Chpt 19 *
- And he answered her in words that corresponded to the look: "It may not prevent me, either, from losing the society of still another."†
Chpt 19
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. -
(4)
(correspondent as in: foreign correspondent of the paper) a reporter or other representative -- typically from a foreign country or with a particular expertise
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)