correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s 
ˌkär-
1
a
: communication by letters or email
also
: the letters or emails exchanged
I have a pile of correspondence on my desk.
b
: the news, information, or opinion contributed by a correspondent to a newspaper or periodical
2
a
: the agreement of things with one another
the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation
b
: a particular similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is associated with one or more members of the other compare function sense 5a
Synonyms
Examples of correspondence in a Sentence
They communicated by telephone and correspondence.
E-mail correspondence has become extremely important for modern businesses.
The two men began a correspondence that would continue throughout their lives.
A book of the author's personal correspondence was published early last year.
A formal tone is always used in business correspondence.
Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.
Sometimes there is little correspondence between the way a word is spelled and the way it is pronounced in English.
Sometimes there are few correspondences between spelling and pronunciation.
Recent Examples on the Web
The correspondence, which was sent in reply to questions about the case, came from an email address related to Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC that is listed in court documents.
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Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Nippon Steel’s bid to acquire U.S. Steel is in jeopardy over concerns about future job losses and plant closures, according to labor officials and previously unreported correspondence obtained by The Washington Post.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
After Abelard, a priest, was hired to tutor the teenage Heloise in 12th-century Paris, the two had an illicit affair, chronicled in their surviving correspondence.
—Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Vogue, 19 June 2024
Inside their correspondence Emails dating to September 2023 show Rochelle Riley, who leads the city’s Office of Arts, Culture & Entrepreneurship, coordinating with other city officials to launch the project.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
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Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Nippon Steel’s bid to acquire U.S. Steel is in jeopardy over concerns about future job losses and plant closures, according to labor officials and previously unreported correspondence obtained by The Washington Post.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
After Abelard, a priest, was hired to tutor the teenage Heloise in 12th-century Paris, the two had an illicit affair, chronicled in their surviving correspondence.
—Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Vogue, 19 June 2024
Inside their correspondence Emails dating to September 2023 show Rochelle Riley, who leads the city’s Office of Arts, Culture & Entrepreneurship, coordinating with other city officials to launch the project.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
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correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s
1
a
: agreement between certain things
b
: a point of similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is matched to one or more members of the other set
2
a
: communication by letters
b
: the letters exchanged
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