correspond Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
    gibe; fit; tally; agree; jibe; check; match.
    • The two stories don't agree in many details
    • The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
    • The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
  2. verb be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
    equate.
  3. verb exchange messages
    • My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years
  4. verb take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
    represent; stand for.
    • Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin

WordNet

Cor`re*spond" intransitive verb
Etymology
Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Corresponded; present participle & verbal noun Corresponding
Definitions
  1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.
    None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.
  2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to.
    Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.
  3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with.
    After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macualay.
    Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.

Webster 1913