All 3 Uses of
correspond
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- This corresponds in style to the bedroom set; Victorian with Moorish influence.†
Scene 2.2
- The section is poor but unlike corresponding sections in other American cities, it has a raffish charm.†
Scene 3.1 *
- A corresponding air is evoked by the music of Negro entertainers at a bar-room around the corner.†
Scene 3.1
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)