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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the same or nearly the same relationship.
  • adjective Accompanying another.
  • adjective Having been assigned the responsibility of written communications.
  • adjective Participating at a distance from the rest of a group.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Related by correspondence. Similar in position or relation. See correspond, 1.
  • Conformable; agreeing; accordant.
  • Carrying on intercourse by letters.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting.
  • adjective Carrying on intercourse by letters.
  • adjective one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of correspond.
  • noun action of the verb to correspond
  • adjective that have a similar relationship

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective similar especially in position or purpose
  • adjective accompanying
  • adjective conforming in every respect

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