{
    "term": "correspond",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "correspond",
            "heSheIt": "corresponds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "corresponded",
        "pastParticiple": "corresponded",
        "ingForm": "corresponding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be the same as or match something",
            "sensetop": "correspond with somethingcorrespond to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your account and hers do not correspond."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your account of events does not correspond with hers.",
                    "contextForm": "correspond with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The written record of the conversation doesn't correspond to *(= is different from)* what was actually said.",
                    "contextForm": "correspond to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movement of the dot on the screen corresponds exactly with the movement of the control lever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Check that this number corresponds with the one on the document."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The presence of neutrons explains why the atomic weights of elements do not correspond with their atomic numbers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wages did not rise to correspond with the price increases brought about by the wars."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "agree, tally",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["closely", "well", "directly"],
                "preposition": ["to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be similar to or the same as something else",
            "sensetop": "correspond (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The British job of Lecturer corresponds roughly to the US Associate Professor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their nursery schools correspond roughly to our infant schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word corresponds roughly in meaning to our ‘homesickness’."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["closely", "well", "directly"],
                "preposition": ["to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to write letters or emails, etc. to somebody and receive letters or emails, etc. from them",
            "sensetop": "correspond (with somebody)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She corresponded regularly with her former teacher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have corresponded with him in the past."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["regularly"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒrəˈspɒnd/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/correspond__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndz/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/corresponds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndɪd/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/corresponded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒrəˈspɒndɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/corresponding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːnd/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/correspond__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndz/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/corresponds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndɪd/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/corresponded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/correspond/corresponding__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French correspondre, from medieval Latin correspondere, from cor- ‘together’ + Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’."
}