'Corresponding' definitions:
Definition of 'corresponding'
From: WordNet
adjective
Accompanying; "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities"
adjective
Similar especially in position or purpose; "a number of corresponding diagonal points"
adjective
Conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" [syn: comparable, corresponding, like]
Definition of 'Corresponding'
From: GCIDE
- Correspond \Cor`re*spond"\ (k?r`r?-sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.]
- 1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. [1913 Webster]
- None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to. [1913 Webster]
- Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. [1913 Webster]
- After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. --Macaulay.
- Syn: To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Corresponding'
From: GCIDE
- Corresponding \Cor`re*spond"ing\, a.
- 1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. [1913 Webster]
- Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'corresponding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordant,
- affirmative,
- agnate,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- akin,
- alike,
- all one,
- all the same,
- amicable,
- anal,
- analogous,
- answerable,
- answering,
- at one,
- attuned,
- bourgeois,
- coequal,
- coexistent,
- coexisting,
- coextensive,
- coherent,
- coincident,
- coincidental,
- coinciding,
- commensurate,
- comparable,
- compatible,
- complemental,
- complementary,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- concurring,
- conformable,
- conformist,
- congenial,
- congruent,
- congruous,
- consentaneous,
- consentient,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- conventional,
- convertible,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- coordinate,
- correspondent,
- coterminous,
- duplicate,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- en rapport,
- equal,
- equiparant,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- formalistic,
- frictionless,
- harmonious,
- homologous,
- identical,
- in accord,
- in agreement,
- in concert,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in rapport,
- in step,
- in sync,
- in synchronization,
- in tune,
- inaccordance,
- inharmony,
- kosher,
- like-minded,
- matching,
- much the same,
- of a kind,
- of a piece,
- of a size,
- of like mind,
- of one mind,
- on all fours,
- orthodox,
- parallel,
- paralleling,
- peaceful,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- positive,
- precisianistic,
- proportionate,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocative,
- reconcilable,
- self-consistent,
- similar,
- square,
- straight,
- stuffy,
- symbiotic,
- sympathetic,
- synchronized,
- synchronous,
- synonymous,
- tantamount,
- together,
- traditionalist,
- twin,
- unanimous,
- understanding,
- undifferentiated,
- uniform,
- unisonant,
- unisonous,
- united,
- uptight