Meaning & use

correspondence

noun·Academic

Letters or other written communication exchanged between people, or a close similarity between things.

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The historian studied the correspondence between the two generals during the war.

There is a clear correspondence between rising temperatures and melting glaciers.

A note on using this word

Correspondence can describe written exchanges, like letters or emails, or an abstract match or relationship between two things.

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