correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s 
ˌkär-
1
a
: communication by letters or email
also
: the letters or emails exchanged
I have a pile of correspondence on my desk.
b
: the news, information, or opinion contributed by a correspondent to a newspaper or periodical
2
a
: the agreement of things with one another
the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation
b
: a particular similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is associated with one or more members of the other compare function sense 5a
Examples of correspondence in a Sentence
They communicated by telephone and correspondence.
E-mail correspondence has become extremely important for modern businesses.
The two men began a correspondence that would continue throughout their lives.
A book of the author's personal correspondence was published early last year.
A formal tone is always used in business correspondence.
Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.
Sometimes there is little correspondence between the way a word is spelled and the way it is pronounced in English.
Sometimes there are few correspondences between spelling and pronunciation.
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At a subsequent city council meeting, Mayor Maguire said the city had received 133 pages of email correspondence regarding the proposal.
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Literary Hub,
6 July 2026
The fragments, known as octraca, have inscriptions detailing commercial transactions, correspondence and other details of daily life, Zahran said.
—
ABC News,
4 July 2026
At a subsequent city council meeting, Mayor Maguire said the city had received 133 pages of email correspondence regarding the proposal.
—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
4 July 2026
This story was inspired by real-life pen-pal correspondence between Mary, a lonely Australian girl, and Max, an overweight New Yorker on the autism spectrum.
—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 July 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Correspondence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correspondence. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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correspondence
noun
cor·re·spon·dence
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s
1
a
: agreement between certain things
b
: a point of similarity
c
: a relation between sets in which each member of one set is matched to one or more members of the other set
2
a
: communication by letters
b
: the letters exchanged
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