All 11 Uses
correspond
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl - Definitive Edition
(Edited)
- We have a nice treat in store: Bep's ordered a correspondence course in shorthand for Margot, Peter and me.
p. 55.1correspondence = done from afar via written communication
- Classes: A weekly correspondence course in shorthand.
p. 74.6
- Not only does he write letters to his Charlotte, he's also carrying on a chatty correspondence with various other people.
p. 98.7 *correspondence = written communication
- To take our minds off matters as well as to develop them, Father ordered a catalog from a correspondence school.
p. 154.6 *correspondence = done from afar via written communication
- A correspondence course in English;
p. 321.8
- A correspondence course in English;
p. 322.1
- Is learning English, French (correspondence course), shorthand in Dutch, English and German...
p. 322.2
- Is learning English, ..., shorthand in Dutch, English and German, commercial correspondence in English, woodworking, economics and sometimes math;
p. 322.2correspondence = written communication
- Correspondence courses in English, French and Latin, shorthand in English, German and Dutch, trigonometry, solid geometry, mechanics, physics, chemistry, algebra, geometry, English literature, French literature, German literature, Dutch literature, bookkeeping, geography, modern history, biology, economics; reads everything, preferably on religion and medicine.
p. 322.3correspondence = done from afar via written communication
- Every evening the war correspondents report on the difficulties, the courage and the fighting spirit of the army.
p. 337.3 *correspondents = reporters
- The Nazis paid informants 7.50 guilders (which corresponds to about $45 today) for every Jew in hiding they were able to track down.
p. 365.6 *corresponds = is the equivalent
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)