concord

/ˈkɑnkɔrd/

/ˈkɒnkɔd/

Other forms: concords; concording; concorded

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.

Definitions of concord

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: concordance, consonance, harmony

   types:

   peace

   harmonious relations; freedom from disputes

   comity

   a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect

   accord, agreement

   harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

   comity of nations

   courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another

   community, community of interests

   agreement as to goals

   concurrence, meeting of minds

   a state of cooperation

   consensus

   agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole

   sense of the meeting

   general agreement reached by an assembled group

   unanimity

   everyone being of one mind

   unison

   the state of corresponding exactly

   social contract

   an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection

   type of:

   order

   established customary state (especially of society)
2. verb

   go together
   “Their ideas concorded”

   synonyms: accord, agree, comport, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize

   agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

   be compatible, similar, or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

   types:

   blend, blend in, go

   blend or harmonize

   type of:

   agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

   be compatible, similar, or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
3. noun

   agreement of opinions
   synonyms: concordance, harmony

   type of:

   agreement

   the verbal act of agreeing
4. verb

   be in accord; be in agreement
   “Both philosophers concord on this point”

   synonyms: agree, concur, hold

   agree

   achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose

   types:

   settle

   end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

   conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile, settle

   come to terms

   see eye to eye

   be in agreement

   concede, grant, yield

   be willing to concede

   subscribe, support

   adopt as a belief

   conclude, resolve

   reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

   arrange, fix up

   make arrangements for

   determine, settle, square off, square up

   settle conclusively; come to terms

   appease, propitiate

   make peace with

   forgive

   stop blaming or grant forgiveness

   firm up

   arrange firmly

   make peace

   end hostilities

   settle

   dispose of; make a financial settlement
5. verb

   arrange by concord or agreement
   type of:

   arrange, fix up

   make arrangements for
6. verb

   arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance
   “The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives”

   type of:

   arrange, set up

   put into a proper or systematic order
7. noun

   the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
   synonyms: agreement

   types:

   number agreement

   agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)

   person agreement

   agreement in person between pronouns and verbs

   case agreement

   agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction

   gender agreement

   agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction

   type of:

   grammatical relation

   a linguistic relation established by grammar