different between equal vs correspondent

English

Alternative forms

• æqual (archaic), æquall (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aequ?lis, of unknown origin. Doublet of egal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k'w?l, IPA^(key): /?i?kw?l/
• Rhymes: -i?kw?l

Adjective

equal (not generally comparable, comparative more equal, superlative most equal)

1. (not comparable) The same in all respects.
   • 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed

     They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.

2. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
3. (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
   • Are not my ways equal?
4. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
   • 1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311

     her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged.

   • much less is it in my power to make my commendations equal to your merits.

   • 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody

     […] whose voice an equal messenger / Conveyed thy meaning mild.

5. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.

   • an equal temper

6. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.

Usage notes

• In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are equal", "A is equal to B", and, less commonly, "A is equal with B".
• The most common comparative use is the ironic expression more equal.

Synonyms

• (the same in all respects): identical
• (the same in all relevant respects): equivalent
• (unvarying): even, fair, uniform, unvarying

Translations

Verb

equal (third-person singular simple present equals, present participle (Commonwealth) equalling or (US) equaling, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) equalled or (US) equaled)

1. (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.

2. (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.

3. (informal) To have as its consequence.

Synonyms

• (to be equal to): be, is
• (informal, have as its consequence): entail, imply, lead to, mean, result in, spell

Translations

Noun

equal (plural equals)

1. A person or thing of equal status to others.

   • Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
2. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (person or thing of equal status to others): peer

Derived terms

Related terms

• equality

Translations

Anagrams

• Quale, quale, queal

English

Etymology

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspond?ns, present participle of corresponde?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd?nt/

Adjective

correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)

1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
2. (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

     ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

Translations

Noun

correspondent (plural correspondents)

1. Someone who or something which corresponds.
2. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
3. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Hyponyms

• stringer

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• corespondent
• Correspondent in Wikipedia

References

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• korrespondent (before 1996)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French correspondant, correspondent, from Latin correspondens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.r?s.p?n?d?nt/, /?k?.r?.sp?n?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: cor?res?pon?dent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n, feminine correspondente)

1. A correspondent, in particular a reporter.

Related terms

• correspondentie
• corresponderen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??s.p??d/

Verb

correspondent

1. third-person plural present indicative of correspondre
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of correspondre

Latin

Verb

correspondent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of corresponde?

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)

1. (Jersey) correspondent