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In some senses, correspondence is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ
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.
QUANT
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.
VERB + CORRESPONDENCE
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.
CORRESPONDENCE + NOUN
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.
PREP
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.
ADJ
direct, exact, one-to-one
The two maps showed an exact correspondence between the old city boundaries and modern district lines.
close
PREP
~ between
There was a clear correspondence between the weather forecast and what actually happened yesterday.