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correspond

  • verb
  • cor·res·pond
  • /ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒnd/

To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

Other meanings

  1. To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

    “I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.”

Related words

  • voicespond
  • correspondent
  • correspondence

Word history

From Latin "com-" (with).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “correspond” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.