Dictionary

correspond en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• /ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (New-Jersey) audio
• /ˌkoɹəˈspɑnd/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˌkoɹəˈspɒnd/ (Canada)
• /ˌkɑɹəˈspɑnd/ (New-York-City)
• /ˌkɒɹəˈspɒnd/ (New-England)
• /ˌkɒɹəˈspɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”), equivalent to co- + respond.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, qualifier:constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
   • Coordinate term: equate
2. (intransitive, qualifier:constructed with with) To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
   • I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.
3. (obsolete) To have sex with.
   • When a Babylonian and his wife had a mind to correspond, they always first lit up the fuming pan, imagining it improved the passion. 1756, Thomas Amory, Life of John Buncle:
   • He pleaded guilty to the charge, so far as acknowledging that he had corresponded with other women lately, in order to get the better of his affection for me, but the experiment had failed, and he found that he should be for ever miserable. 1751, Tobias Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, volume III:

Forms

Deriveds

correspondent · correspondence · voicespond

Translations (74)

sl dopisovati si (to exchange messages) · fi olla vastaava (to be equivalent or similar) · es cartearse (to exchange messages) · uk кореспондува́ти (to exchange messages) · hu levelezik (to exchange messages) · hy համապատասխանել (to be equivalent or similar) · de korrespondieren (to be equivalent or similar) · fi vastata (to be equivalent or similar) · ar مَاثَلَ (to be equivalent or similar) · bg съотве́тствувам (to be equivalent or similar) · mi tautuhituhi (to exchange messages) · hy գրագրվել (to exchange messages) · ko 일치하다 (to be equivalent or similar) · rue отвітити (to be equivalent or similar) · it corrispondere (to be equivalent or similar) · de entsprechen (to be equivalent or similar) · th สอดคล้อง (to be equivalent or similar) · da korrespondere (to be equivalent or similar) · be адпавяда́ць (to be equivalent or similar) · sv motsvara (to be equivalent or similar) · tl sumulat (to be equivalent or similar) · hu megfelel (to be equivalent or similar) · sv brevväxla (to exchange messages) · el αντιστοιχώ (to be equivalent or similar) · de korrespondieren (to exchange messages) · da svare (to exchange messages) · pl odpowiadać (to be equivalent or similar) · eo respondi (to be equivalent or similar) · vo spodön (to exchange messages) · ru корреспонди́ровать (to exchange messages) · he הִתְכַּתֵּב (to exchange messages) · ru соотноси́ться (to be equivalent or similar) · pt corresponder (to exchange messages) · uk листува́тися (to exchange messages) · it corrispondere (to exchange messages) · uk перепи́суватися (to exchange messages) · th สัมพันธ์ (to be equivalent or similar) · fr correspondre (...avec qqun) (to exchange messages) · sv korrespondera (to exchange messages) · gv co-screeu (to exchange messages) · be перапі́свацца (to exchange messages) · fr correspondre (...à qqchose) (to be equivalent or similar) · be карэспандава́ць (to exchange messages) · gd freagair do/ri/air (to be equivalent or similar) · fi olla kirjeenvaihdossa (to exchange messages) · la congruō (to be equivalent or similar) · ko 부합하다 (to be equivalent or similar) · ru перепи́сываться (to exchange messages) · ru согласо́вываться (to be equivalent or similar) · ca correspondre (to be equivalent or similar) · es equivaler (to be equivalent or similar) · nl corresponderen (to be equivalent or similar) · bg съотве́тствам (to be equivalent or similar) · ar راسَلَ (to exchange messages) · el αλληλογραφώ (to exchange messages) · bg кореспонди́рам (to exchange messages) · es corresponderse (to exchange messages) · uk відповіда́ти (to be equivalent or similar) · ru соотве́тствовать (to be equivalent or similar) · es escribir con (to exchange messages) · nl corresponderen (to exchange messages) · sv stämma (to be equivalent or similar) · cmn 對應 /对应 (to be equivalent or similar) · pt corresponder (to be equivalent or similar) · ja 文通する (to exchange messages) · cs odpovídat (to be equivalent or similar) · la constō (to be equivalent or similar) · sk odpovedať (to be equivalent or similar) · pl korespondować (to exchange messages) · bg отгова́рям (to be equivalent or similar) · eo korespondi (to exchange messages) · es corresponder (to be equivalent or similar) · da korrespondere (to exchange messages) · izh vassata (to be equivalent or similar)