Concord

/'kɔɳkɔ:d/
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Definition
  1. Noun:

    • Agreement or harmony between people or groups: A state of peaceful agreement and cooperation.
    • A formal treaty or agreement: A pact or covenant between parties.
    • (Linguistics) Grammatical agreement: The correspondence between words in gender, number, case, or person (e.g., between a subject and its verb).
    • A harmonious combination of sounds, especially in music: A pleasing combination of musical notes; a chord.
  2. Verb:

    • To agree or be in harmony: To be in a state of accord or concurrence.
    • To arrange words to show their occurrences in context: To compile a list showing where words appear in a text.
    • To bring into agreement: To cause to be in harmony or accord.
Examples
  • Noun:

    • The two nations signed a concord to end the conflict.
    • There was perfect concord among the committee members on the decision.
    • In the sentence "He runs," the verb "runs" shows concord with the singular subject "He."
    • The composer achieved a beautiful concord in the final chord.
  • Verb:

    • Their opinions on the matter concord perfectly.
    • The scholar concorded all the major works of the author for her research.
    • The mediator tried to concord the differing viewpoints.
Advanced Usage
  • "In concord with": In agreement or harmony with something.
    • His actions were not in concord with his stated principles.
  • "A concord of sweet sounds": A pleasing harmony of musical notes (a poetic or literary phrase).
Variants and Related Words
  • Concordance (n): An alphabetical index of the principal words in a book or body of work, showing their contexts.
    • She used a concordance to study word frequency in the Bible.
  • Concordant (adj): Being in agreement or harmony.
    • The results were concordant with the initial hypothesis.
Synonyms
  • Agreement (n): Harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling.
  • Accord (n/v): Official agreement or harmony.
  • Harmony (n): The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect; agreement or concord.
Related Phrases
  • To live in concord: To coexist peacefully and harmoniously.
    • The diverse community learned to live in concord.
Idioms
  • A marriage of true concord: A union characterized by perfect harmony and agreement (often used in a literary context).
    • Their partnership was a marriage of true concord, both in business and in life.
Noun
  1. the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
  2. agreement of opinions
  3. town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
  4. the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
  5. a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
  6. capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
Verb
  1. be in accord; be in agreement
    • We agreed on the terms of the settlement
    • I can't agree with you!
    • I hold with those who say life is sacred
    • Both philosophers concord on this point
  2. arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance
    • The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives
  3. arrange by concord or agreement
    • Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner
  4. go together
    • The colors don't harmonize
    • Their ideas concorded