correspond
part of speech
verb (correspond, corresponds, corresponded, corresponding)
meaning for a pupil
1) To match or be the same as something, or to fit together: «The numbers correspond to the pictures.» tree →
2) To be like or equal to something else in another system: «The British «year 6» roughly corresponds to the American «fifth grade».» tree →
3) To write letters or emails to someone over time. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah and later mystical writing, letters, divine names and parts of the soul are said to match one another, so that the Hebrew letters mirror the things they name. In the primary lessons: In maths, sides and angles that correspond are in matching positions in two shapes; each number in a table corresponds to a value. In reading, answers must correspond to questions. In everyday and historical life, pen pals correspond. Phrases: «correspond to», «correspond with», «correspond closely».
examples
- The Hebrew language and its characters correspond mostly with the things they designate, and thus holy thoughts, Hebrew language (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- In IHV note that Yod corresponds to the Father ; Heh to Binah, the Supernal Mother ; and Vau to the Microprosopus — Son . (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Soul; the word is NPSh, which is commonly translated soul, meaning the living personality of man, animal or existing thing : it corresponds almost to the Theosophic Prana plus the stimulus of Kama. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Each letter corresponds to a number in this code. tree →
- Your answer does not correspond with what the question asked. tree →
- The dots on the map correspond to the schools in our town. tree →
- I correspond with a pen pal in New Zealand. tree →
- The two girls corresponded for many years. tree →
- In similar triangles, the angles that correspond are equal. tree →
- The tally marks should correspond to the numbers in the chart. tree →
- Now it is remarkable how accurately all this corresponds to the Dark Tower of “Childe Rowland,” allowing for a little idealisation on the part of the narrator. tree →
note
Regular verb. «Correspond to» = match; «correspond with» = match or write letters to. Nouns: «correspondence» (letters; a match), «correspondent» (a news reporter in a place, or a letter writer). Adjective: «corresponding».
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «correspond» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.