correspond

To match or have a close relationship with something else.

• The figures correspond to our records.
• His description did not correspond with what we saw.
• Do these results correspond to your expectations?

How to use it: correspond to something (The marks correspond to the positions shown on the map.); correspond with something (Her story corresponds with the evidence.)

Similar words: match, agree, fit

Opposites: differ

Common phrases: correspond to something, correspond with something, correspond closely, correspond in size

To exchange letters or messages with someone over a period of time.

• We correspond by email.
• She corresponded with a friend in Japan.
• They had been corresponding for years before they met.

How to use it: correspond with someone (She corresponded with her cousin for many years.); correspond by email/letter (We correspond by email once a month.)

Similar words: write, exchange letters

Common phrases: correspond with someone, correspond regularly, correspond by email