I see 対応（たいおう） quite often, but I can't seem to grasp exactly what this word
means or how to use it properly.

Checking a dictionary I get about 5 different definitions, all quite different
from one another.

My question is, what does this word actually mean and what are the most common
ways it is used? Are there any good example sentences which show the usage of
this word clearly?
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How to use 対応 correctly
In my opinion, the notion of 対応 that you will most likely run into in the wild
is as follows:

_showing a draft of a document for example_

```

    A: Hey, you forgot to add X thing to the document
    B: すみませんでした、今すぐ対応します。
    
```

which means something like, "Sorry, I'll deal with it right away."

I'd think that for most of the times, 対応 is something you say when you want
somebody to deal with a task.
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Another meaning is 'correspondence'. If each element in set _A_ has some kind
of relation with one or more element(s) in set _B_ , then that relation can be
considered a `対応` 'correspondence'. `関数` 'function' is a special case of
correspondence. if each element in _A_ has relation with exactly one element
in _B_ , then that relation is a function.
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