correspondence

noun

/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndəns/

/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndəns/

(formal)

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[uncountable] the letters, emails, etc. a person sends and receives
- personal/private correspondence
- The editor welcomes correspondence from readers on any subject.
- the correspondence column/page (= in a newspaper)
- correspondence with somebody Jane Austen's correspondence with her sister
Extra Examples
- He was leafing through piles of correspondence.
- I have seen the correspondence between the company and the college.
- Numerous items of correspondence have been received on this subject.
- Please send correspondence to ‘Money Monthly’.
- The department intercepted the correspondence of foreign diplomats.
- The secretary deals with all the correspondence.
- copies of her correspondence with the composer
- files full of confidential correspondence relating to the company's expansion plans
- the correspondence columns of the ‘London Review of Books’
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- confidential
- personal
- private
- …
… of correspondence
- item
- pile
verb + correspondence
- enter into
- exchange
- have
- …
correspondence + noun
- course
- school
- column
- …
preposition
- by correspondence
- through correspondence
- in correspondence with
- …
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[uncountable, countable] the activity of writing letters
- correspondence (with somebody) I refused to enter into any correspondence (= to exchange letters) with him about it.
- in correspondence We have been in correspondence for months.
- We kept up a correspondence for many years.
Extra Examples
- I have been in correspondence with the manager of the store.
- I have had correspondence with the company director on this matter.
- I would spend the time reading or catching up on my correspondence.
- It would be foolish for a doctor to enter into correspondence with a patient.
- a lively correspondence in ‘The Times’ about ways of preparing tripe
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- confidential
- personal
- private
- …
… of correspondence
- item
- pile
verb + correspondence
- enter into
- exchange
- have
- …
correspondence + noun
- course
- school
- column
- …
preposition
- by correspondence
- through correspondence
- in correspondence with
- …
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[countable, uncountable] correspondence (between A and B) a connection between two things; the fact of two things being similar
- There is a close correspondence between the two extracts.
Extra Examples
- The child can see the one-to-one correspondence of the buttons and buttonholes.
- a close correspondence between theory and practice
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- direct
- exact
- one-to-one
- …
preposition
- correspondence between
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Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin correspondentia, from correspondent- ‘corresponding’ from the verb correspondere, from cor- ‘together’ + Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.

单词	correspondence
释义	correspondence noun /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndəns/ /ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndəns/ (formal) jump to other results [uncountable] the letters, emails, etc. a person sends and receives personal/private correspondence The editor welcomes correspondence from readers on any subject. the correspondence column/page (= in a newspaper) correspondence with somebody Jane Austen's correspondence with her sister Extra Examples He was leafing through piles of correspondence. I have seen the correspondence between the company and the college. Numerous items of correspondence have been received on this subject. Please send correspondence to ‘Money Monthly’. The department intercepted the correspondence of foreign diplomats. The secretary deals with all the correspondence. copies of her correspondence with the composer files full of confidential correspondence relating to the company's expansion plans the correspondence columns of the ‘London Review of Books’ Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective confidential personal private … … of correspondence item pile verb + correspondence enter into exchange have … correspondence + noun course school column … preposition by correspondence through correspondence in correspondence with … See full entry [uncountable, countable] the activity of writing letters correspondence (with somebody) I refused to enter into any correspondence (= to exchange letters) with him about it. in correspondence We have been in correspondence for months. We kept up a correspondence for many years. Extra Examples I have been in correspondence with the manager of the store. I have had correspondence with the company director on this matter. I would spend the time reading or catching up on my correspondence. It would be foolish for a doctor to enter into correspondence with a patient. a lively correspondence in ‘The Times’ about ways of preparing tripe Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective confidential personal private … … of correspondence item pile verb + correspondence enter into exchange have … correspondence + noun course school column … preposition by correspondence through correspondence in correspondence with … See full entry [countable, uncountable] correspondence (between A and B) a connection between two things; the fact of two things being similar There is a close correspondence between the two extracts. Extra Examples The child can see the one-to-one correspondence of the buttons and buttonholes. a close correspondence between theory and practice Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective direct exact one-to-one … preposition correspondence between See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin correspondentia, from correspondent- ‘corresponding’ from the verb correspondere, from cor- ‘together’ + Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.
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