concord
con·cord [concord concords] BrE [ˈkɒŋkɔːd] NAmE [ˈkɑːŋkɔːrd] noun uncountable 1. ~ (with sb) (formal)peace and agreement Syn: ↑harmony •living in concord with neighbouring states Opp: ↑discord 2. uncountable ~ (with sth) (grammar) (of words in a phrase)the fact of having the same ↑number, ↑gender or ↑person Syn: ↑agreement •In the sentence ‘They live in the country.’, the plural verb ‘live’ is in concord with the plural subject ‘They’. Word Origin: Middle English: from Old French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concors ‘of one mind’, from con- ‘together’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’.
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