correspond
1. be compatible, similar or consistent;
coincide in their characteristics (Freq. 9)
- 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
• Syn:
match, fit, check, jibe, gibe,
tally, agree
• Ant:
disagree (for: agree)
• Derivationally related forms:
agreeable (for: agree), agreement (for: agree), correspondent, correspondence, match (for: match)
• Hypernyms:
equal, be
• Hyponyms:
consist, look, answer, coincide, align,
correlate, parallel, twin, duplicate, square, corroborate,
underpin, bear out, support, resemble, meet, fit,
conform to, homologize, befit, suit, beseem, harmonize,
harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree,
pattern, adhere, rhyme, rime
• Verb Group:
harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord,
fit in, agree, check, check out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
equate
• Derivationally related forms:
correspondent, equation (for: equate)
• Hypernyms:
equal, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s something (for: equate)
3. exchange messages (Freq. 3)
- My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years
• Derivationally related forms:
correspondent, correspondence
• Hyponyms:
write, drop a line
• Entailment:
write
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin
• Syn:
represent, stand for
• Derivationally related forms:
correspondent, representation (for: represent)
• Hypernyms:
equal, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP
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