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1 VERB If one thing correlates with another, there is a close similarity or connection between them, often because one thing causes the other. You can also say that two things correlate . [FORMAL ] □ [V + with ] Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke. □ [V ] The political opinions of spouses correlate more closely than their heights. □ [be V -ed + with/to ] The loss of respect for British science is correlated to reduced funding. □ [be V -ed] At the highest executive levels, earnings and performance aren't always correlated. [Also V + to ]

2 VERB If you correlate things, you work out the way in which they are connected or the way they influence each other. [FORMAL ] □ [V n + with ] The report correlated the stock market values of the companies with their losses. □ [V n] Lieutenant Ryan closed his eyes, first mentally viewing the different crime scenes, then correlating the data.

cor|re|la|tion /kɒ rəle I ʃ ^ə n, [AM ] kɔː r-/ (correlations ) N‑COUNT A correlation between things is a connection or link between them. [FORMAL ] □ [+ between ] …the correlation between smoking and disease.

cor|rela|tive /kɒre lət I v/ (correlatives ) N‑COUNT If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] Man has rights only in so far as they are a correlative of duty.

cor|re|spond /kɒ r I spɒ nd, [AM ] kɔː r-/ (corresponds , corresponding , corresponded )

1 VERB If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond . □ [V + to/with ] Racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race. □ [V ] The two maps of London correspond closely. □ [V ] Her expression is concerned but her body language does not correspond. ●  cor|re|spond|ing ADJ [ADJ n] □  March and April sales were up 8 per cent on the corresponding period last year.

2 VERB If you correspond with someone, you write letters to them. You can also say that two people correspond . □ [V + with ] She still corresponds with American friends she met in Majorca nine years ago. □ [V ] We corresponded regularly.

cor|re|spond|ence /kɒ r I spɒ ndəns, [AM ] kɔː r-/ (correspondences )

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft a N ] Correspondence is the act of writing letters to someone. □  The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. □ [+ with ] His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close college friend.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Someone's correspondence is the letters that they receive or send. □  He always replied to his correspondence.

3 N‑COUNT If there is a correspondence between two things, there is a close similarity or connection between them. □ [+ between ] In African languages there is a close correspondence between sounds and letters.

co r|re|spo nd|ence course (correspondence courses ) N‑COUNT A correspondence course is a course in which you study at home, receiving your work by post and sending it back by post. □  I took a correspondence course in computing.