concord

See also: Concord

English

Etymology 1

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French concorde, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.kɔɹd/, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.kɔɹd/

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Noun

concord (countable and uncountable, plural concords)

1. A state of agreement; harmony; union.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 62:

     Love-quarrels oft in pleaſing concord end, / Not wedlock-treachery endangering life.

2. (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league
   • Sir John Davies

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     the concord made between Henry and Roderick

3. (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case.
4. (law, obsolete) 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.

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5. (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 8”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […]‎^[1], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     If the true concord of well tuned ſounds, / By vnions married to offend thine eare, / They do but ſweetly chide thee, who confounds / In ſingleneſſe the parts that thou ſhould'ſt beare.

Translations

A state of agreement; harmony; union

• Arabic: سِلْمِيّ (silmiyy)
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: միութիւն (miutʻiwn)

• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) (sǎglásie), съглашение (bg) (sǎglašenie)
• Dutch: eendracht (nl) m or f
• Finnish: sopu (fi), yhteisymmärrys (fi)
• French: concorde (fr) f
• Galician: concordia f
• German: Eintracht (de) f, Übereinstimmung (de) f
• Greek: αρμονία (el) (armonía), ομόνοια (el) (omónoia)

  Ancient: συμφωνία f (sumphōnía)

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• Icelandic: samhugur m
• Latin: ūnitās f, concentus m
• Portuguese: concórdia (pt) f
• Romanian: acord (ro), consens (ro) n
• Russian: содру́жество (ru) n (sodrúžestvo), душа́ (ru) f (dušá), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сла́га̄ње n

  Roman: slágānje (sh) n

• Spanish: concordia (es) f

(grammar) Agreement of words with one another — see agreement

Etymology 2

After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.kɔɹd/

Noun

concord (plural concords)

1. A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French concorder, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concordo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkɔɹd/

Verb

concord (third-person singular simple present concords, present participle concording, simple past and past participle concorded)

1. (intransitive) To agree; to act together

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