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DictionaryRoot: cor
Latin

cor

heart

Forms

  • cor
  • cord- — The longer form used before Latin endings.

Origin

An ancient Indo-European body-part word, related to English heart.

Note

The heart was treated as a center of feeling, thought, and memory.

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noun

concord

KAHN-kord/ˈkɑːnkɔːrd/

Agreement or harmonious correspondence between parts.

The neighbors live in concord despite their different backgrounds.

A diverse group cooperates peacefully to raise a garden trellis.
Etymology
conLatinwith, together; sometimes thoroughly
+cordLatinheart

Literally “hearts together,” the underlying Latin expression meant being of the same mind. That shared feeling or outlook is the image behind peaceful agreement.

In context

Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy23:09
how people pushed aside their enmities why these moments occurred yet did not endure and what we might take away from the legacies of broken Concord
Peace and Friendship: Lessons from the Legacy of Broken Concord

More examples

  • The agreement restores concord between the two communities.
  • There is little concord between the findings of these studies.
  • Subject-verb concord requires “she walks,” not “she walk.”

Forms

concord

concordant adjective — In agreement or harmony with something.

Similar words

agreement
Emphasizes matching opinions or forms rather than peaceful relations.
harmony
Emphasizes parts working well together, not necessarily sharing opinions.
accord
Often suggests agreement reached between people or groups.