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Correspond

//ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc. intransitive
  2. 2
    exchange messages wordnet
  3. 3
    To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time. intransitive

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

  4. 4
    be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics wordnet
  5. 5
    To have sex with. obsolete

    "He pleaded guilty to the charge, so far as acknowledging that he had corresponded with other women lately, in order to get the better of his affection for me, but the experiment had failed, and he found that he should be for ever miserable."

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  1. 6
    be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet
  2. 7
    take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”), equivalent to co- + respond.

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