noun
concord
KAHN-kord/ˈkɑːnkɔːrd/
Agreement or harmonious correspondence between parts.
The neighbors live in concord despite their different backgrounds.
Etymology
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
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
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.