Corresponded

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To maintain a relationship through letters or messages while sharing relevant information or viewpoints, and to align with certain standards or criteria
2. To engage in written exchanges with others while ensuring a connection with shared interests or topics, and to conform to established norms or expectations
3. To send or receive written communications with someone for the exchange of information or ideas ; to have a direct equivalence or similarity to another thing

Etymology: "Corresponded" is the past tense of "correspond," which comes from Medieval Latin "correspondere," built from the Latin prefix "com-" (together) and "respondere" (to answer, to respond). The core idea is of answering one another, and that is why the letter-writing sense came first. English borrowed the verb in the 1500s, and for a long time it meant mainly two things: to match or agree with something, and to act in harmony with someone. The letter sense developed from that idea of mutual answering. By the 1600s, "correspond" could mean exchanging letters with a person, so two people who wrote back and forth were literally answering each other across distance. Earlier, "correspondence" in English had already referred to dealings and agreement between people, and the written-letter meaning became its dominant sense as postal systems spread.

Synonyms: communicated, related, matched, coincided, conformed

Antonyms: disagreed, differed, contradicted, diverged, separated