Lexic.us

Definition of Corresponding

1. Adjective. Accompanying. "All rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities"

2. Adjective. Similar especially in position or purpose. "A number of corresponding diagonal points"

3. Adjective. Conforming in every respect. "The like period of the preceding year"

Definition of Corresponding

1. a. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.

Definition of Corresponding

1. Verb. (present participle of correspond) ¹

2. Noun. action of the verb ''to correspond'' ¹

3. Adjective. that have a similar relationship ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corresponding

1. correspond [v] - See also: correspond

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corresponding

correlogram correlograms corrensite correption correspond corresponded correspondence course correspondence school correspondences correspondencies

correspondency correspondently correspondents corresponding (current term) corresponding author corresponding authors correspondingly correspondings corresponds corresponsive

corresponsively correus debendi correxion correxonuclease corrida corridas corrido corridor

Literary usage of Corresponding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"the centre, the axi» and either one pair of corresponding point* on a line through the centre or one pair of corresponding lines meeting on the axi» are ..."

2. Report by Canada Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Present Condition of the Civil Service (1877)
"dence and the number of our corresponding clerks must be equal to the greats: it goes alone ... We find that our corresponding clerks are always engaged. ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"A majority vote was, however, actually passed in favour of a grant half as large again as that to which the corresponding Estates were prepared to assent. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"The zero of time is obtained by interrupting the light and observing the corresponding clock-time. Other adjustments have received great attention. ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1902)
"REPORT OF THE corresponding SECRETARY. PRESENTED BY HENRY WINCHESTER ... THE corresponding Secretary has the honor to report that during the year 1901, ..."

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