correspondence English · revision 15502

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1413|origins=la respondeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/, /ˌkɒɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/ ''(UK)''; /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/, /ˌkoɹ.əˈspɑn.dəns/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|correspondence]], [[bor|frm|correspondance]] or directly [[la-med|correspondentia]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la-med|correspondēns]], the present participle of [[m|la-med|correspondeō|t=to correspond, harmonize]],^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|com-|t=together]] and [[m|la|respondeō|t=to answer]] (see [[respond]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Agreement, congruence, harmony: 1413 in the OED, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Similarity or analogy is from 1605,^(OED 1989) and relations between persons or communities from 1599.^(OED 1989) Communication by letters is first attested in the 1640s,^(Etymonline) and the letters themselves from 1771.^(Etymonline) Swedenborg's doctrine of correspondences, that every natural thing corresponds to a spiritual one, is named from 1860.^(OED 1989) In mathematics a correspondence is a relation between two sets, from 1866.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1413 – agreement.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1599 – relations between persons.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1640s – communication by letter.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1771 – the letters exchanged.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1866 – correspondence in mathematics.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Communication by exchanging [[letter|alt=letters]], or the letters themselves.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Agreement, similarity or close connection between things.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to teaching by post: ''a correspondence course''.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[noncorrespondence]]

+ * [[correspondence course]]

+ * [[correspondence principle]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[correspond]]

+ * [[correspondent]]

+ * [[respond]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}