correspondence

1. 1.

   communication by the exchange of letters

   Broaderwritten communicationfirst class

   Narrowercard

   Partsletter
2. 2.

   compatibility of observations

   “there was no agreement between theory and measurement”

   “the results of two tests were in correspondence”

   Synonymsagreement

   Broadercompatibility

   Narrowerconformity
3. 3.

   the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

   Synonymscommensuratenessproportionateness

   Broaderproportionality
4. 4.

   (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

   Synonymssymmetrysymmetricalnessbalance

   Broaderspatial property

   Narrowerregularitybilateralityradial symmetry

   mathematics

5. 5.

   similarity by virtue of corresponding

   Synonymsparallelism

   Broadersimilarity

Other forms of correspondence

plural

correspondences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about correspondence

What does correspondence mean?

correspondence means "communication by the exchange of letters". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in correspondence?

correspondence has 4 syllables: cor-re-spon-dence. The stress falls on "spon". In IPA it is /ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndəns/.

What is another word for correspondence?

Close synonyms include agreement, commensurateness, proportionateness, symmetry, symmetricalness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is correspondence a common word?

correspondence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.