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CORRESPOND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exchange messages

Example:

My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

"Correspond" entails doing...:

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correspond"):

drop a line; write (communicate (with) in writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

correspondence (communication by the exchange of letters)

correspondent (someone who communicates by means of letters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

Synonyms:

correspond; equate

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "correspond" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Example:

The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun

Synonyms:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "correspond" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Verb group:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

check; check out (be verified or confirmed; pass inspection)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correspond"):

rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)

adhere (be compatible or in accordance with)

pattern (form a pattern)

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

befit; beseem; suit (accord or comport with)

homologize (be homologous)

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

bear out; corroborate; support; underpin (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm)

square (be compatible with)

duplicate; parallel; twin (duplicate or match)

parallel (be parallel to)

correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)

align (be or come into adjustment with)

coincide (be the same)

answer (match or correspond)

look (accord in appearance with)

consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

correspondence (compatibility of observations)

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

Example:

Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin

Synonyms:

correspond; represent; stand for

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "correspond" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

Derivation:

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A systematized collection of concepts that define corresponding codes.

(Code System, NCI Thesaurus)

A full representation includes a code and a corresponding textual description of the activity.

(Clinical Study Activity Description, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine derived from the synthetic peptide pyroEHWSYGLRPG, corresponding to amino acids 22-31 of mouse gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), with potential immunocastration activity.

(Anti-GnRH Vaccine PEP223, NCI Thesaurus)

Its clearance corresponds to the renal plasma blood flow.

(Aminohippurate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

This time period corresponds to Earth’s Cretaceous period, the heyday of dinosaurs.

(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)

“We have a lot more work to do, but so far this is very promising,” said Glenn Gaudette, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at WPI and corresponding author of the paper.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)

As the pace of warming oceans and melting glaciers and ice sheets accelerated, scientists expected to see a corresponding increase in the rate of sea level rise.

(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)

The color of the light corresponds to the fat content in the liver, allowing scientists to measure fat non-invasively using the device.

(High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Causes Lasting Harmful Effects on Liver, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The basket part corresponds to the transmembrane domain—the part that goes through the cell membrane.

(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)

But does not Jane correspond with his sister?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)