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concordance

Syllabification: (con·cord·ance)
Pronunciation: /kənˈkôrdns/
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Definition of concordance

noun

  • 1an alphabetical list of the words (especially the important ones) present in a text, usually with citations of the passages concerned:a concordance to the Bible
  • 2 formal agreement:the concordance between the teams' research results
  • Medicine the inheritance by two related individuals (especially twins) of the same genetic characteristic, such as susceptibility to a disease.

verb

[with object] (often as adjective concordanced)
  • make a concordance of:the value of concordanced information

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin concordantia, from concordant- 'being of one mind' (see concordant)

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