Associations to the word «Correspondence»

Wiktionary

CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (uncountable) Friendly discussion.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. ​(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (countable) A postal or other written communication.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (set theory) (countable) A relation.

Dictionary definition

CORRESPONDENCE, noun. Communication by the exchange of letters.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. Compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence".
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
CORRESPONDENCE, noun. Similarity by virtue of corresponding.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.