All 4 Uses of

correspond

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Light in August

I would have thought to talk with Miss Atkins (this was the dietitian's name) since it was with her I have been in correspondence.
Chpt 6 *

correspondence = communication by writing letters

It just happened that in this case she was kind enough to act as secretary in our correspondence with you.
Chpt 6

correspondence = communication by written letters or messages

She wanted him to take over all her business affairs--the correspondence and the periodical visits--with the negro schools.
Chpt 12

THERE lives in the eastern part of the state a furniture repairer and dealer who recently made a trip into Tennessee to get some old pieces of furniture which he had bought by correspondence.
Chpt 21

Definitions:

(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 email

A corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.
(3) (correspondence as in: a correspondence course)
done from afar

For 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)