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concordanceagreement or harmony between people or things

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: agreement or harmony between people or things

Pronunciation (IPA): /kənˈkɔːrdəns/

Korean meaning: 일치, 조화, 합치

Korean pronunciation: 컨**코**던스

Example Sentences

  • The twins showed remarkable concordance in their food preferences - they both hated broccoli and loved ice cream.
  • Scientists found a high concordance between genetic factors and the disease occurrence.
  • The professor spent years creating a concordance of Shakespeare's works, listing every single word the Bard ever wrote.

concordance

NOUN

//kənˈkɔːrdəns//

agreement or harmony between people or things

concordance concept
💡 Concept

The scholar checks the concordance to find every verse where 'light' appears.

concordance rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

From discordance to accordance, true concordance!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kənˈkɔːrdəns/
🇬🇧 UK/kənˈkɔːdəns/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcon--
Rootcord
Suffix--ance

Origin

라틴어 'concordantia'에서 유래했으며, '마음이 하나가 되다'라는 의미로 시작되었습니다. 중세 시대에는 주로 종교적 텍스트의 용어 색인을 만들 때 사용되었습니다.

🎵Rhyme

accordancediscordance
accordance
discordance

🔗Collocations

perfect concordance
high concordance
concordance rate
biblical concordance
achieve concordance
concordance with

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The twins showed remarkable concordance in their food preferences - they both hated broccoli and loved ice cream.

Scientists found a high concordance between genetic factors and the disease occurrence.

The professor spent years creating a concordance of Shakespeare's works, listing every single word the Bard ever wrote.

😄 Fun example

There was perfect concordance between my shopping list and my empty wallet - both were disappointingly short.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

agreementharmonyaccordanceconsistencycorrespondence

Antonyms

discordancedisagreementconflict

Related

accorddiscordconcordrecordcoordinate

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