Concord

Quick meaning: Concord is a noun meaning A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Meaning

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

More Meanings

1. (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
2. (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; a consonance; a harmony.
3. A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
4. (intransitive) To agree; to act together.
5. (law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.
6. (obsolete) An agreement by stipulation; a compact; a covenant; a treaty or league.

Example Sentences

the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor

Love-quarrels oft in pleaſing concord end, / Not wedlock-treachery endangering life.

The foot of a fine was a copy of an agreement ( the final concord ) reached in a court of law, usually the Court of Common Pleas, following a dispute over land ownership.

1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon too many of their old Friends and Associates, ready to concord with them in any desperate Measures

Word Forms

• concords
• concording
• concorded

Synonyms for concord

Depending on context, synonyms include agreement, concordance, harmony.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include concordance, harmony, agreement, accord, unanimity, oneness.

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