correspondence

confidential, personal, private

business, commercial, diplomatic, official

regular

voluminous

lively

The two authors had a lively correspondence about their shared ideas for the new novel.

item

We received a large amount of correspondence after publishing the article online.

pile

She had to sort through a huge pile of correspondence that accumulated while she was on vacation.

enter into, have

After the complaint, she entered into correspondence with the airline about the damaged luggage.

carry on, keep up

My grandmother and I carried on a correspondence for years after I moved abroad.

send

I sent all my correspondence to the company's new address last month.

receive

read

answer, deal with, handle

My assistant handles the correspondence while I focus on client meetings.

catch up on

She spent her Saturday morning catching up on correspondence with old friends from university.

intercept

During the war, the government intercepted correspondence between enemy agents operating in the country.

column

Readers often share their opinions in the newspaper's correspondence column.

course

She enrolled in a correspondence course to learn French while working full-time.

by/through ~

We stayed in touch through correspondence while my cousin lived abroad for two years.

in ~ with

She has been in correspondence with the university about her application for several weeks.

~ about/on/concerning/regarding/relating to

The lawyer reviewed all correspondence regarding the property dispute before the court hearing.

~ between

The letters showed a long correspondence between the two old friends after many years apart.

~ from

I received correspondence from the university about my application last week.

~ with

She kept all her correspondence with the university in a folder on her desk.

direct, exact, one-to-one

The two maps showed an exact correspondence between the old city boundaries and modern district lines.

close

~ between

There was a clear correspondence between the weather forecast and what actually happened yesterday.