CORRESPOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does correspond mean? 

• CORRESPOND (verb)
  The verb CORRESPOND has 4 senses:

1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

3. exchange messages

4. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

  Familiarity information: CORRESPOND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRESPOND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they correspond    ... he / she / it corresponds   
Past simple: corresponded   
Past participle: corresponded   
-ing form: corresponding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally

Context example:

The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun

Hypernyms (to "correspond" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Verb group:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

check; check out (be verified or confirmed; pass inspection)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correspond"):

square (be compatible with)

rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)

adhere (be compatible or in accordance with)

pattern (form a pattern)

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

befit; beseem; suit (accord or comport with)

homologize (be homologous)

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

bear out; corroborate; support; underpin (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm)

duplicate; parallel; twin (duplicate or match)

parallel (be parallel to)

correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)

align (be or come into adjustment with)

coincide (be the same)

answer (match or correspond)

look (accord in appearance with)

consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

correspondence (compatibility of observations)

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

correspond; equate

Hypernyms (to "correspond" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Exchange messages

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years

"Correspond" entails doing...:

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correspond"):

drop a line; write (communicate (with) in writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

correspondence (communication by the exchange of letters)

correspondent (someone who communicates by means of letters)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

correspond; represent; stand for

Context example:

Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin

Hypernyms (to "correspond" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

Derivation:

correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)

 Context examples 

Each is characterized by a particular cell organization and also corresponds to a particular cortical function.

(Brodmann's Area, NCI Thesaurus)

Their morphologic and biologic profile corresponds to that of homologous germ cell tumors that arise in the gonads and in other extragonadal sites.

(Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of an injury in leads corresponding to the anatomic region of the apex of the heart.

(Apical Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

The site at which an antibody makes direct physical contact with a corresponding epitope on an antigen.

(Antibody Binding Site, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of anti-idiotype MUC-1 monoclonal antibody may elicit an anti-idiotype antibody and corresponding T-cell response against MUC-1 expressing tumor cells.

(Anti-idiotype MUC-1 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

It corresponds to the superior part of the upper third topographic segment of the esophagus.

(Cervical Esophagus, NCI Thesaurus)

The ratio between a CGS unit and the corresponding MKS unit is usually a power of 10.

(CGS System, NCI Thesaurus)

Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere.

(Corpus Callosum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This alteration in protein sequence has no effect on the enzymatic activity of the corresponding cytochrome P450 2C19*1 proteins.

(CYP2C19*1 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A form or variant of a systematized collection of concepts that define corresponding codes.

(Code System Version, NCI Thesaurus)