What does correspond mean?
Word: Correspond
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Correspond means to match something closely or be equal to it. It can also mean to write letters to someone and receive theirs.
Word origin: From French correspondre, from medieval Latin correspondere.
How do you spell correspond?
Syllables: cor - re - spond
Tricky part: The double r near the start is where students slip. Said quickly, the word seems to need only one.
Watch out for: corespond, coresspond
Memory tip: It takes two people to write letters to each other, so give the word two r's.
Correspond in a sentence
Example 1: The numbers on the map correspond to the list of places below it.
Example 2: My cousin in Canada and I correspond by email every month.
Example 3: The date on the receipt does not correspond with the date on the bill.
Fun Fact
A newspaper's foreign correspondent takes the job title from this verb, because such reporters once sent their stories home by letter.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Probe
Fill the blanks with 'e' and then 'o'. Which option gives the meaning of that word?
1. corr_sp_nd 2. corr_s_on 3. corr_d_r 4. corr_g_ted
a) slow damage to metal caused by water or air
b) to fit with something else, point for point
c) a long passage with doors along it
d) having a surface of folds like waves
Show answer
b) to fit with something else, point for point. Only this word takes those two letters; corridor, corrugated and corrosion need other vowels.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
The shades on the weather chart correspond to temperture bands, as our geography teacher explained on Monday.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 0
d) 1
Show answer
d) 1. Temperature has an a that is often swallowed in speech; everything else is correct.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with a word of similar meaning:
1. correspond 2. abandon 3. ponder a. tally b. reflect c. forsake
a) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
d) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
Show answer
c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b. Two lists that tally match line by line, you forsake what you abandon, and to ponder is to reflect.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. correspond 2. correct 3. correlation 4. corridor
a) 2341
b) 3214
c) 1324
d) 2314
Show answer
d) 2314. All four begin corr; e comes before i, and among the e words the next letters run c, l, s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If the figures in two reports correspond, what can you say about them?
a) they are printed in red
b) they are all very large
c) they agree with each other
d) they have been rounded off
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c) they agree with each other
2. Two pen friends who correspond the old-fashioned way would most need ___.
a) bats, pads and gloves
b) paper, pens and stamps
c) paint, brushes and easels
d) maps, boots and torches
Show answer
b) paper, pens and stamps
