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# correspondence

noun (correspondence, uncountable; a correspondence, correspondences)

«correspondence» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Correspondence is letters, emails or messages sent between people: "she reads her correspondence every morning". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#m1)
2. Correspondence is writing to each other over time: "we kept up a correspondence for years". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#m2)
3. A correspondence is a match or close link between two things: "a correspondence between the two lists". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#m3)

### In the lessons

In formal and business language, correspondence means mail. In maths, a one-to-one correspondence pairs each item in one set with exactly one item in another — the idea behind counting and fair sharing. In history, letters between famous people are their correspondence. Phrases: in correspondence with, one-to-one correspondence, correspondence course, a pen-friend correspondence.

### Examples

- Grandpa keeps all his correspondence in a box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x1)
- The two friends kept up a correspondence while one lived in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x2)
- Match each child to one chair: that is one-to-one correspondence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x3)
- There is a close correspondence between the two maps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x4)
- The office deals with the head teacher's correspondence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x5)
- She did a correspondence course by post. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x6)
- "It is an unheard-of thing," said Noureddin, "that a fisherman should be in correspondence with a king." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: -ence, double r. Verb: correspond (to write to someone; to match). Usually uncountable for letters: "a lot of correspondence", not "correspondences". Correspondent = a person who writes letters, or a reporter.

## In Jewish tradition

In formal and business language, correspondence means mail. In maths, a one-to-one correspondence pairs each item in one set with exactly one item in another — the idea behind counting and fair sharing. In history, letters between famous people are their correspondence. Phrases: in correspondence with, one-to-one correspondence, correspondence course, a pen-friend correspondence.

### Note

Spelling: -ence, double r. Verb: correspond (to write to someone; to match). Usually uncountable for letters: "a lot of correspondence", not "correspondences". Correspondent = a person who writes letters, or a reporter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «correspondence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correspondence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«correspondence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/correspondence.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «correspondence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correspondence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«correspondence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/correspondence.html) on Mova free.