Meaning

Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous..

Definitions by Sense

1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
2. (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
3. Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
4. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
5. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Example Sentences

Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.

[VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.

[…]and he exhibited a picture of mental stupor and abstraction, dreadful for Oriana to contemplate! producing in her, as from magnetic attraction, correspondent emotions, which with the utmost difficulty she restrained.

ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages.

Word Forms

• more correspondent
• most correspondent
• correspondents

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When Should You Use Correspondent?

Use correspondent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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