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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
correspond
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
▪ Constructive and destructive waves correspond closely with two of the main types of breaker recognised today, namely spilling and plunging breakers.
▪ Each of them has gods and ancestors whose respective power closely corresponds to that of the social groups themselves.
▪ These differences correspond closely to the increased digestion of the upper teeth.
▪ The story presents a picture of the luckless, homeless skinhead which corresponds closely to the movement's own mythology about itself.
▪ This diversification has been shown to correspond closely to a simple exponential growth model.
exactly
▪ Practical Transformers Another problem is that the output voltage of transformers seldom correspond exactly to the rated voltage.
▪ First, no country has a political economy that corresponds exactly to either the market economy or the command economy.
▪ Instead, it was in areas on the right-hand side exactly corresponding to the language centres in the opposite hemisphere.
▪ An ideal type is illustrative, but it does not necessarily correspond exactly to any real-world example.
▪ I remember that he wrote that Michelangelo's drawing technique corresponded exactly to his Neoplatonism.
▪ Once again we are saying something in general form which corresponds exactly to the particularities of wave mechanics.
▪ Not that they corresponded exactly, but they were close enough.
▪ Apart from the addition of variables derived from the two new questions, the other tables do not exactly correspond.
precisely
▪ The data corresponds precisely to the situation described by Ashton etal's recruitment strategies with non-educational criteria taking priority over educational ones.
▪ Neither type corresponds precisely to that seen in vertebrate enamel, and the extreme variation in crystal orientation is puzzling.
roughly
▪ Our own arm bones correspond roughly to the bird wing bones.
▪ These roughly correspond to winter, spring, summer and autumn.
▪ Each number roughly corresponds to a 100°C temperature change, giving a band of 100-600°C.
to
▪ Again it is clear that maximum signal power gain does not correspond to.
▪ According to the instruction leaflet, each letter corresponds to approximately 100°C, giving the gun a heating range up to 600°C.
▪ A strong, small-scale transition field could, however, correspond to particularly vigorous dynamo action.
▪ With the eight-hour illumination period this will correspond to about a one-day average.
▪ In this notation positive feedback corresponds to or so that the gain is increased.
■ NOUN
change
▪ The underlined amino acid corresponds to the change introduced into Jun-Core.
▪ As in La conjuracion de Venecia, each act corresponds to a set change within the same general locale.
▪ The underlined amino acids correspond to the changes introduced into Fos-Core.
▪ The poem has three sections corresponding to the changes of rhyme, but with a peculiarity in the middle section.
description
▪ The fact that the goods are of defective quality is usually irrelevant in deciding whether they correspond with their description.
▪ To remove any effects of the risk information not corresponding to descriptions the original data was recoded.
▪ Finally, provided the goods correspond with the description, there will be no liability under section 13.
form
▪ Second, forms of state expenditure corresponding to each of these functions are identified.
▪ Once again we are saying something in general form which corresponds exactly to the particularities of wave mechanics.
▪ The distinction between the two written forms does not correspond to any distinction in their spoken form.
goods
▪ Finally, provided the goods correspond with the description, there will be no liability under section 13.
▪ Obviously, the more detailed it is, the more stringent is the seller's obligation to supply goods corresponding with it.
image
▪ This image clearly does not correspond with the material presented so far in this chapter.
level
▪ The Alpha level corresponds to the subconscious and involves almost 100 percent concentration.
number
▪ Check that this number corresponds with the one on the document.
▪ Finally, I have adjusted the numbers to correspond to 1978 prices and incomes.
▪ Negative Richardson number corresponds to a destabilizing density gradient; both shear and buoyancy give rise to turbulence generation.
▪ Type the numbers corresponding to the elements that you want printed when the date text or function code is entered.
▪ By far the largest number of configurations correspond to emission with a spectrum that is nearly thermal.
▪ An awareness of number invariance would imply the ability to conserve number and that corresponding schemata have developed.
▪ Positive Richardson number corresponds to a stabilizing density gradient; turbulent motion can not be sustained when Ri becomes large.
▪ You will be asked to supply a number corresponding to statements on the panel.
peak
▪ An elongated body would display two brightness peaks per revolution, corresponding to the two side views.
▪ Our scenario averaged over base load and peak Periods corresponds approximately to a 70 / 30 ratio of coal to gas.
▪ The peak corresponds to the value of the input at which the output is high.
point
▪ By inspection this will correspond to a point in the spreading region.
▪ Points Z and C in Figure 8.5 correspond to points and in Figure 8.6.
position
▪ The seated position corresponds more readily to our body posture during the day when stress develops.
▪ Numbers on the top scale indicate nucleotide positions corresponding to the gene 62 promoter.
▪ Only those bit positions corresponding to a one in the mask are involved in the primary operation.
reality
▪ It is important to wrestle with questions of how far a belief corresponds to reality or is illusory.
▪ But the pattern of revolution Guevara had in mind did not correspond to the reality.
▪ Ironically, of course, these atavistic impulses no longer correspond to reality.
sequence
▪ This one has a pre-programmed sequence, which corresponds to the owner's individual code.
▪ To what extent does this sequence correspond to a native speaker's processing of discourse?
state
▪ Second, forms of state expenditure corresponding to each of these functions are identified.
type
▪ These types of services correspond to programs.
▪ The pastoral names of the characters and the type of versification employed correspond to the rustic mood.
▪ Neither type corresponds precisely to that seen in vertebrate enamel, and the extreme variation in crystal orientation is puzzling.
▪ Here he outlines a division into four main types that correspond to those of Longobardi as supplemented by Sainte-Marie.
value
▪ Each value corresponds to the mean s.d. of triplicate determinations.
▪ The negative values correspond to the spin pointing mainly in the opposite direction to that being measured.
word
▪ The keys for lexical access are stressed syllables in the word corresponding to the input syllable type.
▪ A crude comparison goes like this: Nature has things, language has words that code meanings corresponding to things.
▪ For our words no longer correspond to the world.
■ VERB
seem
▪ And then there are cases which do not seem to correspond with any of the given meanings.
▪ Nothing seemed to correspond to the map.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Flaubert and Sand corresponded for many years.
▪ His own domestic situation did not correspond very closely to his ideal of a loving, equal partnership.
▪ I'm a 21-year old Kenyan student who wishes to correspond with students from Britain or the US.
▪ The dates quoted in these two documents do not correspond.
▪ The witness's statements correspond with the available evidence.
▪ They started to correspond two years ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An assembler instruction will correspond to a frequently performed operation and represents many machine code instructions.
▪ And then there are cases which do not seem to correspond with any of the given meanings.
▪ Each section is contributed by a different expert in the corresponding field.
▪ If all this language is in the left side of the brain, what are corresponding areas of the right brain doing?
▪ She said the news clippings she sent to friends were a perfectly reasonable way to correspond.
▪ The central rod is known as the Sushumna and corresponds to the spinal column.
▪ They represent the thought experiment of choosing a level of gross output and finding the corresponding scale and diversity.
▪ We know that it can only oscillate at frequencies which correspond to the fundamental note and its overtones.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Correspond

Correspond \Cor`re*spond"\ (k?r`r?-sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.]

  1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.

    None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type.
    --J. A. Symonds.

  2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to.

    Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther.
    --Locke.

  3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with.

    After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender.
    --Macaulay.

    Syn: To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
correspond

1520s, "to be in agreement, to be in harmony with," from Middle French correspondre (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin correspondere, from cor- (see com-) "together, with each other" + respondere "to answer" (see respond).\n

\nOriginally in Medieval Latin of two things in mutual action, but by later Medieval Latin it could be used of one thing only. In English, sense of "to be similar" (to) is from 1640s; that of "to hold communication with" is from c.1600; specifically "to communicate by means of letters" from 1640s (in mid-18c. it also could mean "have sex"). Related: Corresponded; corresponding.

Wiktionary
correspond

vb. 1 (context intransitive constructed with '''to''' English) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc. 2 (senseid en To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time)(context intransitive construed with '''with''' English) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

Related phrases:
WordNet
correspond

  1. v. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disagree]

  2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate]

  3. exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"

  4. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" [syn: represent, stand for]

Usage examples of "correspond".

The intensity of the response to a given beat reflects the current dominance of the beat period whose corresponding neurons are activated by that beat.

Neurons in the network would become activated and reactivated by corresponding pitch values, and their activity would decay slowly.

They had met earlier at Passy, corresponded over naval matters, and Jones, quite unjustly, had decided that Adams, in his role as commissioner, was conspiring against him.

How about a tax to support antipollution research financed by an addition to the income tax rates based on a simple formula such as 5, corresponding to the year in the five-year tax plan?

Amshaspands correspond to the Aor, Zohar, Zayo, of the Kabalah, 740-l.

A fundo in Chile corresponds to an Argentinean estancia--a big farm to a whale of a big farm.

The athetoid movements of the toes correspond to those of the fingers in point of action.

Hence it sleeps like the terminal leaflet of a mature plant, as was observed in 15 species, and wholly unlike the corresponding leaflet of Trifolium, which simply bends upwards.

I packed the brains in a thermos of ice, rushed them to the lab and prevailed on one of my colleagues to show me where the different bits were, bits which I had only known in the past by obscure dog-latin anatomical labels but which I now saw corresponded to real masses of cells.

Here also there is an exceptional development of cavate lodges, and corresponding to this development an almost entire absence of cliff dwellings.

In the second Epistle of Clement and in the Shepherd the Christological interest of the writer ends in obtaining the assurance, through faith in Christ as the world ruling King and Judge that the community of Christ will receive a glory corresponding to its moral and ascetic works.

The coelenterate system would correspond to a telephone network in which all subscribers are on a single party line, so that any call from one to another rouses every one of the subscribers, who are then free to listen and probably do.

Decomposition into sine waves corresponds very closely to how the human ear itself perceives and analyses sound.

For example, a musical note at 200Hz will have harmonics at 400Hz and 600Hz, and the ratio between these is 2:3, which corresponds to the harmonic interval that would exist between two notes with fundamental frequencies of 400Hz and 600Hz.

The Harmonic Heptagon provides a compact visualisation of all the consonant relationships between notes in the diatonic scale, and a trip once around the heptagon corresponds to one syntonic comma.