concord

¹

[ kon-kawrd, kong- ]

noun

1. agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord:

   There was complete concord among the delegates.

2. agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.
3. Grammar. agreement ( def 6 ).
4. peace; amity.

   Synonyms: friendship, goodwill, harmony

   Antonyms: animosity, ill will

5. a treaty; compact; covenant.
6. Music. a stable, harmonious combination of tones; a chord requiring no resolution.

Concord

²

[ kong-kerd kon-kawrd, kong- kon-kawrd, kong- ]

noun

1. a town in E Massachusetts, NW of Boston: second battle of the Revolution fought here April 19, 1775.
2. a city in W California, near San Francisco.
3. a city in and the capital of New Hampshire, in the S part.
4. a city in central North Carolina.
5. Concord grape.
6. a sweet red wine with a strong grapelike taste, made from the Concord grape.

concord

¹

/ ˈkɒŋ-; ˈkɒnkɔːd /

noun

1. agreement or harmony between people or nations; amity
2. a treaty establishing peaceful relations between nations
3. agreement or harmony between things, ideas, etc
4. music a combination of musical notes, esp one containing a series of consonant intervals Compare discord
5. grammar another word for agreement

Concord

²

/ ˈkɒŋkəd /

noun

1. a town in NE Massachusetts: scene of one of the opening military actions (1775) of the War of American Independence. Pop: 16 937 (2003 est)
2. a city in New Hampshire, the state capital: printing, publishing. Pop: 41 823 (2003 est)

Other Words From

• con·cordal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concord¹

1250–1300; Middle English concorde < Old French < Latin concordia, equivalent to concord- (stem of concors ) harmonious ( con- con- + cord-, stem of cors heart ) + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of concord¹

C13: from Old French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concors of the same mind, harmonious, from com- same + cor heart

Example Sentences

By 1952, the Concord, a hotel in the Catskills, began making snow on its small ski hill.

From Washington Post

Ever since the brutal invasion of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell in the mid-17th century, there had been no concord between England overlords and the Irish.

From Washington Post

Its founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, believed that Olympiads were a way to communicate “love for concord and a respect for life.”

From Washington Post

As soon as the news of Lexington and Concord spread throughout North America, colonists began to think, talk, and worry a lot about what role enslaved people might play in this new world of war with Great Britain.

From Time

Wilczek spoke to me over Zoom from his home in Concord, Massachusetts, in a gray room with a steeply sloped ceiling.

From Nautilus

That ‘anyplace past Concord’ faces the exact same set of issues.

From The Daily Beast

Palace, for those unfamiliar with the series, is a still wet-behind-the-ears detective in Concord, New Hampshire.

From The Daily Beast

The beach parking lot was someplace out near the Lexington and Concord battlefields.

From The Daily Beast

America is in urgent need of more stringent gun control laws, as the British discovered at Lexington and Concord.

From The Daily Beast

A condo six blocks away from Concord Baptist church recently sold for $1.04 million.

From The Daily Beast

And out of this thicket, alas, no two people ever emerge hand in hand in concord.

From Project Gutenberg

Wheal Concord pumping engine, in 1827 had a similar air-pump.

From Project Gutenberg

Pushing on to Concord, the thousand disciplined British regulars captured and destroyed the military stores collected there.

From Project Gutenberg

Widows and orphans well remember the impunity given to the assassins of their loved ones in the name of "concord."

From Project Gutenberg

In England the news of the fighting at Lexington and Concord was received with astonishment.

From Project Gutenberg