| 单词 | concord |
| 释义 | concord (once / 3786 pages) 1nv 2nv 3v 4n A concord is an agreement. If you want to watch a romantic comedy and your date wants to watch a horror film, you might compromise and come to a concord by agreeing to watch an action comedy. Concord can be used as a verb meaning "to arrange by agreement," but this usage is rare. Much more common is concord used as a noun. The United Nations could work tirelessly to establish a concord between warring nations, or you might even work to establish a concord among the warring factions on your cheerleading team. A concord brings peace and harmony — just like a peace treaty. WORD FAMILYconcord: concordance, concorded, concording, concords+/concordance: concordances USAGE EXAMPLESMay Iraq, Libya and Yemen – where their peoples suffer war and the brutality of terrorism – be able once again to find unity and concord. Time(Dec 25, 2016) The autumnal salad, in a yuzu-and-grape dressing, included concord and green grapes, robust greens, shaved melon, radishes and stracciatella cheese. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) These unacknowledged and perhaps unconscious exchanges contribute to our neighborly concord. The New Yorker(Oct 31, 2016) 1 1n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper concordance, harmony peace harmonious relations; freedom from disputes comitya state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect accord, agreementharmony of people's opinions or actions or characters comity of nationscourteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another community, community of interestsagreement as to goals concurrence, meeting of mindsa state of cooperation consensusagreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole sense of the meetinggeneral agreement reached by an assembled group unanimityeveryone being of one mind unisoncorresponding exactly social contractan implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection order established customary state (especially of society) 2v go together 2Their ideas concorded Syn|Hypo|Hyper accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics blend, blend in, go blend or harmonize agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics 1n agreement of opinions Syn|Hyper concordance, harmony agreement the verbal act of agreeing 2v be in accord; be in agreement Both philosophers concord on this point Syn|Ant|Hypo agree, concur, hold agree achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose differ, disagree, dissent, take issue be of different opinions settle end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile, settlecome to terms see eye to eyebe in agreement concede, grant, yieldbe willing to concede subscribe, supportadopt as a belief conclude, resolvereach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation arrange, fix upmake arrangements for determine, settle, square off, square upsettle conclusively; come to terms appease, propitiatemake peace with forgivestop blaming or grant forgiveness firm uparrange firmly make peaceend hostilities settledispose of; make a financial settlement 3v arrange by concord or agreement 3Hyper arrange, fix up make arrangements for v arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance 4The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives Hyper arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order n the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations Syn|Hypo|Hyper agreement number agreement agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify) person agreementagreement in person between pronouns and verbs case agreementagreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction gender agreementagreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction grammatical relation a linguistic relation established by grammar Concord (once / 3455 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY Concord: Concords USAGE EXAMPLESRyan Abele of Concord, California fell down a staircase on Oct. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Crawford, of Concord, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and other offenses after authorities say he deliberately lit his sister on fire on Dec. 15. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Fire crews in Delaware County were called to the Concord Township home at about 8 a.m. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 n capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river 2Syn|Exp capital of New Hampshire state capital the capital city of a political subdivision of a country n town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought 3Exp town an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city n the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) Syn|Exp Lexington, Lexington and Concord pitched battle a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
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