adj.

1. Having the same or nearly the same relationship.
2. Accompanying another: a high corporate position and its corresponding problems.
3. 1. Having been assigned the responsibility of written communications: a corresponding secretary.
   2. Participating at a distance from the rest of a group: a corresponding member of the bar association.

correspondingly cor're·spond'ing·ly adv.

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adjective

1. In keeping with one's needs or expectations: accordant, agreeable, compatible, conformable, congenial, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent, harmonious. See agree/disagree.
2. Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics: alike, analogous, comparable, equivalent, like, parallel, similar, uniform. See same/different/compare.

adj

Definition: equivalent, matching
Antonyms: differing, disparaging, dissimilar, mismatched, unlike

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; Accompanying; Conforming in every respect; Similar especially in position or purpose.

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage. — W. Clement Stone

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: accompanying

Meaning #2: similar especially in position or purpose

Meaning #3: conforming in every respect
  Synonyms: comparable, like

Meaning #4: agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
  Synonyms: proportionate, in proportion to

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