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consonance

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒns(ə)nəns/

Definition of consonance

noun

[mass noun]
  • agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions:consonance between conservation measures and existing agricultural practice a constitution in consonance with the people’s customs
  • the recurrence of similar-sounding consonants in close proximity, especially in prosody: the abrupt quality of the sound is echoed in the final ‘t’ consonance of ‘discreet’ and ‘shut’
  • Music a combination of notes which are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies: all music creates tension and release, dissonance and consonance [count noun]:the tendency to place strong consonances in lower parts

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin consonantia, from consonant- 'sounding together', from the verb consonare (see consonant)

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