Concord
['kɒŋkɔːd] or ['kɑŋkɔrd]
Definition
(noun.) town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought.
(noun.) capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river.
(verb.) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; 'The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives'.
(verb.) arrange by concord or agreement; 'Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner'.
Inputed by Brenda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A state of agreement; harmony; union.
(n.) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
(n.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
(n.) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine.
(n.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
(n.) A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.
(v. i.) To agree; to act together.
Inputed by Jill
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Agreement, amity, friendship, peace, unanimity, unity, union, good understanding.[2]. Consonance, concordance, harmony, concert.
Typist: Martha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Harmony, accordance, agreement, peace, union, unity, unanimity, amity
ANT:Discord, disagreement, variance, animosity
Editor: Olaf
Definition
n. state of being of the same heart or mind: union: harmony: agreement: a combination of notes which is pleasant to the ear.—v.i. to agree: to harmonise.—n. Concord′ance agreement: an index or dictionary of the leading words or passages of a book esp. of the Bible.—adj. Concord′ant harmonious united.—adv. Concord′antly.—n. Concord′at a term though sometimes used of secular treaties generally employed to denote an agreement made between the pope and a secular government.—adj. Concor′dial harmonious.
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Examples
- Then in our city the language of harmony and concord will be more often heard than in any other. Plato. The Republic.
- To obey the civil magistrate is requisite to preserve order and concord in society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She was become a bond to both, an influence over each, a mutual concord. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This he found, and he wrote to his parents from Concord, New Hampshire, I have painted five portraits at $15 each, and have two more engaged and many talked of. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gentleman's valise and hot water to Concord. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He who mingles them in harmonious concord is the true musician,--he shall be the presiding genius of our State. Plato. The Republic.
- I turned concord to discord, good-will to enmity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Stir about there, now, for Concord! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Pull off gentleman's boots in Concord. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The British then marched on to Concord, ten miles further, occupied the village, and stationed a party on the bridge at that place. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All my confidence is bestowed on him, all his confidence is devoted to me; we are precisely suited in character--perfect concord is the result. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I should make strange work of my concords now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Tina