Difference between revisions of "Correspondents"
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:b : to compare closely : match —usually used with to or with | :b : to compare closely : match —usually used with to or with | ||
:c : to be equivalent or parallel | :c : to be equivalent or parallel | ||
− | *2 : to [[communicate]] with a [[person]] by exchange of | + | *2 : to [[communicate]] with a [[person]] by exchange of letters. |
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- Date: circa 1630 (17th Century)
Definitions
- 1 a : one who communicates with another by writing
- b : one who has regular commercial relations with another
- c : one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place <a war correspondent>
- 2 : something that corresponds
Correspond
Etymology
Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, from Latin com- + respondēre to respond
- Date: 1529 (16th Century)
Definitions
- 1 a : to be in conformity or agreement <the ideal failed…to correspond with the reality — J. R. Sutherland>
- b : to compare closely : match —usually used with to or with
- c : to be equivalent or parallel
- 2 : to communicate with a person by exchange of letters.