All 4 Uses of
correspond
in
Freakonomics
- The letter a, b, c, or d indicates a correct answer; a number indicates a wrong answer, with 1 corresponding to a, 2 corresponding to b, and so on.
p. 27..5 (definition 1) *corresponding = equivalent (representing the same value)
- The letter a, b, c, or d indicates a correct answer; a number indicates a wrong answer, with 1 corresponding to a, 2 corresponding to b, and so on.
p. 27..5 (definition 1)
- Still, they went forward with plans to hold a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo.†
p. 43..0 *
- Years later, when he served as a rare white correspondent for the Pittsburgh Courier, the country's largest black newspaper, he wrote under the pseudonym Daddy Mention—after a black folk hero who, as myth told it, could outrun the blast of a sheriff's shotgun.
p. 54..6 (definition 2) *correspondent = reporter
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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(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.