different between accede vs correspond

English

Etymology

First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin acc?d? (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + c?d? (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?si?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æk?sid/
• Rhymes: -id

Verb

accede (third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward. [15th-19th c.]
2. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
4. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:

     Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.

5. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

Usage notes

(to agree, to come to an office, to become a party to): Use with the word to afterwards (i.e., accede to).

Synonyms

• (to join a group): band together, enroll
• (agree to a proposal or a view): come around, concede; See also Thesaurus:accede

• agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, (obsolete) comprobate, (obsolete) astipulate

Antonyms

• (to join a group): leave, secede, split off

Derived terms

• accedence
• acceder

Related terms

• accession

Translations

References

• accede in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• acceed

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

accede

1. third-person singular present indicative of accedere

Anagrams

• ecceda

Latin

Verb

acc?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of acc?d?

Spanish

Verb

accede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of acceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of acceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of acceder.

English

Etymology

From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd/
• Hyphenation: cor?res?pond
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

correspond (third-person singular simple present corresponds, present participle corresponding, simple past and past participle corresponded)

1. (intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
3. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

   I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.

4. (obsolete) To have sex with.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     He pleaded guilty to the charge, so far as acknowledging that he had corresponded with other women lately, in order to get the better of his affection for me, but the experiment had failed, and he found that he should be for ever miserable.

   • 1756, Thomas Amory, Life of John Buncle:

     When a Babylonian and his wife had a mind to correspond, they always first lit up the fuming pan, imagining it improved the passion.

Translations

French

Verb

correspond

1. third-person singular present indicative of correspondre