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Definition: Concordance |
ConcordanceNoun1. A harmonious state of things and their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. 2. Agreement of opinions. 3. An index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "concordance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Etymology: Concordance \Con*cord"ance\, noun. [French expression, from Late Latin expression concordantia.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Information | An alphabetical index of words in a document, each word present in a text being an index entry. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | In Italian usage, a particular form of relationship(connessione)between quantitative variables, or qualitative variables when they have comparable modalities. If the variables are such that positive values of one are associated with negative values of another there is said to be discordance(discordanza), that is to say, concordance attempts to represent the sign as well as the intensity of the relationship. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ConcordanceSynonyms: accord (n), concord (n), harmony (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Noun: agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding. |
Assent | Noun: assent, assentment; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith. |
List | Table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance. |
Word | Dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary; index, concordance; thesaurus; gradus, delectus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Concordance |
| English words defined with "concordance": coefficient of concordance, Concord, Concordist. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Concordance" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (accord, accordance, agreement, concordance, concurrence, responsibility). |
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Economic History | Argentina | Be sure the Spanish and English versions of any document are carefully reviewed for concordance, so that both parties fully understand the content. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Concordance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.24% of the time. "Concordance" is used about 84 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.24% | 80 | 37,112 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.76% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 84 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "concordance": coefficient of concordance. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "concordance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | marrëveshje (accordance, agreement, arrangement, articles, bargain, bond, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordat, concurrence, consonance, contract, convention, covenant, deal, dealings, entente, pact, settlement, stipulation, treaty, tune, undertaking), listë alfabetike, harmoni (agreement, chime, concord, congruence, consentaneity, consonance, eurhythmics, harmonics, harmony, keeping, thorough bass, unity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فهرس أبجدي, إنسجام (accord, accordance, agreement, concert, concord, conformity, congruence, consonance, correspondence, curve, exaltation, harmony, smoothness, sympathy, symphony, unison, unity), إتفاق (accord, community, compact, composition, concert, concord, deal, oneness, pact, promise, settlement, term, treaty, understanding, unity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съгласуване (accommodation, agreement, concord, concurrence, congruence, consecution, coordination, harmonization, liaison, reconcilement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '谐 (Harmonies, harmonious, harmonisation, harmonization, Harmony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | soulad (community, harmony, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | konkordans. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | concordantie, concordans (table of concordance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فهرست (Catalog, Catalogue, Legend, Phraseology, Registry, Repertory, Roll, Roster, Schedule, Table), هم شیبی , کشف اللغات , تطبیق نامه , راهنمای مطالب وموضوعات کتاب . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | järjestysten yhtäpitävyys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | concordance (concurrence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konkordanz (table of concordance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμφωνία (accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, compact, concord, concurrence, conformity, consonance, deal, pact, stipulation, symphony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קו קור"צי", ספר "מתאימות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szómutató (word index), konkordancia, összhang (accord, accordance, chime, concert, conformity, consonance, consonancy, consort, correspondence, diapason, harmony, rapport, symphony, unison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | persetujuan (agreement, approval, assent, bargain, concert, consensus, deal), keselarasan (congruence, harmony), indeks (index). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | concordanza (accord, accordance, agreement, concord, rapport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lioar choonee (prompt book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oncordancecay concordância (abidance, accordance, according, acquiescence, adhesion, agreement, approbation, assent, concord, concurrence, conformity, matchup). (various references) conformitate (agreeableness, agreement, compliance, conformability, conformity, correspondence, propriety, resemblance), concordanţã (accord, accordance, agreement, conformity, congruence, consistency, correspondence, harmony, keeping, sequence), acord (accede, accession, accord, accordance, agree, agreement, arrangement, assent, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unity). (various references) соответствие (abidance, accordance, according, adequacy, agreeableness, appropriateness, aptness, concord, concurrence, conformance, conformance to, conformity, correspondence, fitness, mapping, parallel, suitability). (various references) saglasnost (accord, accordance, agreement, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, consent, consentaneity, keeping), registar reči. (various references) concordancia (abidance, agreement, leave, sequence). (various references) konkordans. (various references) uyum (accommodation, accord, accordance, balance, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concord, conformity, congruence, congruity, consecution, consistence, consistency, consonance, harmony, keeping, proportion, rapport, rhythm, scheme, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), dizin, ahenk (accord, accordance, agreement, cadence, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concurrence, congruence, congruity, consonance, echo, euphony, harmony, rhythm, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison). (various references) узгодженість (concurrence, congruence, consistency, ensemble, harmony), конкорданція, відповідність (accord, accordance, adequacy, appropriateness, aptness, conformity, congruence, correspondence, parallel, suitability, sympathy, truth), згода (accedence, accord, accordance, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, assent, compliance, concert, concord, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yea, yes). (various references) sự phù hợp sách dẫn, mục lục. (various references) mynegair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "concordance": concordances. (additional references) | |
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"Concordance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: concordancer, concordancing, concordiance, concurance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "concordance" (pronounced 'Con*cord"ance'): Abearance, Abeyance, Abidance, Abodance, Acceptance, Accordance, Achievance, Acquaintance, Admirance, Affirmance, Aggrievance, Aidance, Allegeance, Allurance, Annoyance, Appearance, Appendance, Appliance, Approvance, Arrivance, Assistance, Attendance, Avengeance, Avoidance, Avowance, Boastance, Buoyance, Chievance, Clairvoyance, Clearance, Coinsurance, Compliance, Comportance, Conductance, Confirmance, Conformance, Connivance, Contrivance, Conveyance, Defailance, Defiance, Durance, forbearance, grievance, guidance, impedance, INSURANCE, Manurance, misalliance, Misguidance. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-d-e-n-n-o-o-r" | |
-3 letters: condoner, ordnance. | |
-4 letters: cardoon, concern, concord, condone, cooncan, coronae, crooned, raccoon. | |
-5 letters: accord, acnode, ancone, cancer, candor, canned, canner, canoed, cedarn, condor, conned, conner, cordon, cornea, corned, corona, craned, dancer, deacon, nacred, racoon, roadeo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-d-e-n-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: concordances. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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