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Corresponding   /kˌɔrəspˈɑndɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Correspond  v. i.  (past & past part. corresponded; pres. part. corresponding)  
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."
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."
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."
Synonyms: To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.



adjective
Corresponding  adj.  
1.
Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.
2.
Carrying on intercourse by letters.
Corresponding member of a society, 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.






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— Ten Days That Shook the World • John Reed

... two farther on, two wounded officers came from a house at which we stopped, and in an authoritative manner demanded seats inside, all of which were occupied. They said they were officers in a celebrated command and expected corresponding consideration. The fellow with the hat told them his party was just from Fort Delaware, where little distinction was paid to rank, but if they required exalted positions they ought to get on top of the coach. The officers said they were wounded and could not climb up. "I was ...
— The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore

... She was eight years old when she entered the Mission; she was sixteen, and the Sisters were corresponding with their superiors in the Order concerning the sending of El-Soo to the United States to complete her education, when a man of her own tribe arrived at Holy Cross and had talk with her. El-Soo was somewhat appalled by ...
— Lost Face • Jack London

... his hand found to do he did it with his might; he could not understand or tolerate those who, perceiving an object to be good, did not at once and actively pursue it; and with all this energy he gained a corresponding warmth, and, so to speak, eagerness of affection, a keen appreciation of humor, in which he found a rest, and an indescribable frankness and simplicity of character, which, crowning his other qualities, made him, I think, and I strive to think impartially, nearly or quite ...
— The Grand Old Man • Richard B. Cook

... butter upon the meat to keep it moist, and add truffles, mushrooms, morels, artichoke bottoms, or forcemeat balls, at pleasure. Cover the whole with slices of fat bacon, and then lay a crust over it exactly corresponding with that underneath. Glaze over the upper crust with yolk of egg, and set the tourte into an oven. When it has been in a quarter of an hour, draw it to the mouth of the oven, and make a hole in the centre of the crust to let out the fumes. Let it stand ...
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