correspond

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
  2. verb be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
  3. verb exchange messages

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

match, fit, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

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