correspondence
UK/.kɒri'spɒndәns/US
IELTSTOEFLB2
Definitions
n.
Letters or messages exchanged between people; the activity of writing them.
信件往来，通信。
n.
A close similarity, connection, or agreement between things.
相符，一致，对应关系。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcor-together, with
+
re-again, back
+
-encestate, quality
=correspondence
From correspond + -ence (state of) = 'the state of answering together.' Mirrors the verb's two senses: the letters people exchange (business correspondence), and the matching-up between things (a correspondence between theory and data).
Root spond still carries 9 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.business correspondence商业往来信函
- 2.private correspondence私人通信
- 3.written correspondence书面往来
- 4.one-to-one correspondence一一对应
Example Sentences
- 1.
Their correspondence lasted for nearly forty years.
- 2.
Please keep all correspondence with the client on file.
- 3.
There is a close correspondence between the two studies.