What does "concord" mean?
A state of agreement; harmony; union.
Concord
/ˈkɒnkɔːd/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A state of agreement; harmony; union.
- Grammar: concord is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: agreement, harmony, acclamation, accord.
- Useful contrasts: interpersonal discord, verbal dispute, agon.
- Usage evidence: It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A state of agreement; harmony; union. countable, uncountable
"Love-quarrels oft in pleaſing concord end, / Not wedlock-treachery endangering life."
- 2 A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
- 3 agreement of opinions wordnet
- 4 An agreement by stipulation; a compact; a covenant; a treaty or league. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor"
- 5 the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations wordnet
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- 6 Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case. countable, uncountable
- 7 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 wordnet
- 8 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. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The concord or agreement may be made of an estate and fee-simple, fee-tail, or life or for years; it may be also of divers remainders, and that to them that are no parties but strangers to the fine; it may be also single or double, with a render back again of some estate of the same land or some rent out of it; so a concord may have in it reservation of rent, a clause of distress or nomine poenae and a warranty."
- 9 An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; a consonance; a harmony. countable, uncountable
"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."
Verb
- 1 To agree; to act together. intransitive
"1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon too many of their old Friends and Associates, ready to concord with them in any desperate Measures"
- 2 be in accord; be in agreement wordnet
- 3 arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance wordnet
- 4 arrange by concord or agreement wordnet
- 5 go together wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- 2 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cleburne County, Arkansas.
- 3 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Contra Costa County, California.
- 4 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
- 5 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pike County, Georgia.
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- 6 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Morgan County, Illinois.
- 7 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in DeKalb County, Indiana.
- 8 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- 9 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Lewis County, Kentucky.
- 10 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Somerset County, Maine.
- 11 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
"Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health."
- 12 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Jackson County, Michigan.
- 13 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
- 14 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri.
- 15 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
- 16 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- 17 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Dixon County, Nebraska.
- 18 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of New Hampshire, United States, and the county seat of Merrimack County.
- 19 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and hamlet in Erie County, New York.
- 20 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
- 21 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
- 22 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
- 23 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
- 24 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee.
- 25 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas.
- 26 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Leon County, Texas.
- 27 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
- 28 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place in Essex County, Vermont.
- 29 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Appomattox County and Campbell County, Virginia.
- 30 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Brunswick County, Virginia.
- 31 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia.
- 32 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
- 33 Any of several places:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Concord Township.
- 34 Any of several places:; A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- 35 Any of several places:; A suburb and industrial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 36 Any of several places:; A village in the town of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3057).
- 37 Alternative letter-case form of concord (“Concord grape”). alt-of
- 38 Concorde slang
Antonyms
Example
"It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "concord"?
Common synonyms include: agreement, harmony, acclamation, accord, accord, accord.
How do you use "concord" in a sentence?
It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
How do you pronounce "concord"?
Pronounced /ˈkɒnkɔːd/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord.
Etymology 2
After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed.
Etymology 3
From French concorder, from Latin concordō.