verb
- Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
- usage: "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
- Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics.
- synonyms: equate, correspond
- Exchange messages.
- usage: "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"
- synonyms: correspond
- Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to.
- usage: "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"
- synonyms: represent, stand for, correspond
adjective
- Accompanying.
- usage: "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities"
- Similar especially in position or purpose.
- usage: "a number of corresponding diagonal points"
- Conforming in every respect.
- usage: "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
- synonyms: comparable, like
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