CORRESPOND

correspond

(verb) exchange messages; “My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years”

equate, correspond

(verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; “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”

represent, stand for, correspond

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

correspond (third-person singular simple present corresponds, present participle corresponding, simple past and past participle corresponded)

(intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

(intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

Source: Wiktionary

Cor`re*spond" (kr`r-spnd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] Etym: [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.]

1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.

2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to. Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.

3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macualay.

Syn.

– To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition