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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kawr-uh-spond, kor-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɔr əˈspɒnd, ˌkɒr-

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Définition of correspond

Origin :
  • 1520s, "to be in agreement, to be in harmony with," from Middle French correspondre (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin correspondere, from cor- (see com-) "together, with each other" + respondere "to answer" (see respond).
  • Originally in Medieval Latin of two things in mutual action, but by later Medieval Latin it could be used of one thing only. In English, sense of "to be similar" (to) is from 1640s; that of "to hold communication with" is from c.1600; specifically "to communicate by means of letters" from 1640s (in mid-18c. it also could mean "have sex"). Related: Corresponded; corresponding.
  • verb agree, complement
  • verb communicate in writing
Example sentences :
  • Tell me, Clary, and tell me truly—Do you not continue to correspond with Mr. Lovelace?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Will he deny me the visits of my dearest friend, and forbid me to correspond with her?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I would no more converse with the one, than correspond with the other.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • No-body will be permitted to see you, or to correspond with you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • A weak proof, for we can have an idea which does not correspond with an object.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • For no encouragement had I given him; nor did I then correspond with him.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • They correspond in part to Bunyan's own recollection of his own trials.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Inversely, inactivity weakens the effect of irritations which correspond to it.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Their habits and their dwellings should correspond to their education.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • To this self-evidencing knowledge of the whole the faculty of mind is supposed to correspond.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

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