correspond about (someone or something)
To communicate (with someone) about someone or something in a series of messages, typically written ones. Sarah and I have been corresponding about the new team of engineers she's overseeing. I'll correspond with Lisa about this invoice—maybe she can figure out what it's for. I don't know that I'll be allowed to change my thesis topic—the professors are still corresponding about it.
correspond to (something)
To match or correlate to something. Does this character in the book correspond to one in the movie, or did they eliminate him completely? Does this chart correspond to the information given in the report? Because something's not adding up for me. A: "Is this your script?" B: "Yep. Yellow highlights correspond to your lines and pink ones to my lines."
correspond with (one) about (someone or something)
To communicate with one about someone or something in a series of messages, typically written ones. I've been corresponding with my friend in London about all the crazy stuff going on in Europe. I've been corresponding with Sarah about the new team of engineers she's overseeing, and it sounds like it's going well! I'll correspond with Lisa about this invoice—maybe she can figure out what it's for.
correspond with (someone or something)
1. To match or correlate to something. Does this character in the book correspond with one in the movie, or did they eliminate him completely? Does this chart correspond to the information given in the report? Because something's not adding up for me. A: "Is this your script?" B: "Yep. Yellow highlights correspond with your lines and pink ones with my lines."
2. To communicate with one in a series of messages, typically written ones. When I was a kid, I used to correspond with my sister by writing her letters while she was away at summer camp. I've been corresponding with Sarah about the new team of engineers she's overseeing, and it sounds like it's going well! Hmm, let me correspond with Lisa—maybe she can make sense of this invoice.
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correspond to something
to match up with something; to harmonize with something. This pin on this part corresponds to the receptacle on the other part it fits into.
correspond with someone (about someone or something)
and correspond (with someone) about someone or somethingto write letters back and forth with someone about someone or something. I will have to correspond with the manager about that. I corresponded about this with my brother. I corresponded with my brother for over a year. We corresponded about Fred.
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