correspondence

7 definitions • 14 examples

letters, especially official or business letters:

Any further correspondence should be sent to my new address.

the action of writing, receiving, and reading letters, especially between two people:

correspondence with Her correspondence with Jim lasted many years.

a connection between two things:

correspondence between The survey found no correspondence between crime and unemployment rates.

Here, the correspondency between the two situations ends.

letters written from one person to another, or the activity of writing and receiving letters:

She was behind in her correspondence, and had at least six letters to write.

written communications such as letters and emails:

Keep copies of all correspondence.

email/written correspondence

correspondence between sb and sb He was ordered to supply copies of any correspondence between his office and the client in question.

correspondence from/to/with sb Telephone calls and correspondence to the company were ignored.

private/personal/official correspondence

the act of sending and receiving written communications:

They entered into an agreement by correspondence.

be in correspondence with sb I have been in correspondence with the bank for nearly a year about this.

enter into correspondence (with sb) No correspondence will be entered into.

a connection between two things:

a close/direct correspondence between sth and sth There is not necessarily a direct correspondence between salary level and job satisfaction.