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Ads by Google Invest In Wales, UK Affordable Labour, Top Facilities Business Support. View Our Brochure www.Wales.com/Opportunities Con·cord  (kngkrd) 1. A city of west-central California northeast of Oakland. It is a residential and manufacturing community. Population: 122,000. 2. A town of eastern Massachusetts on the Concord River west-northwest of Boston. An early battle of the American Revolution was fought here on April 19, 1775. In the 19th century the town was noted as an intellectual and literary center. Population: 16,800. 3. The capital of New Hampshire, in the south-central part of the state on the Merrimack River. It became the capital in 1808. Population: 42,400. con·cord  (knkôrd, kng-) n. 1. Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord. 2. A treaty establishing peaceful relations. 3. Grammar Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case. 4. Music A harmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones. [Middle English concorde, from Old French, from Latin concordia, from concors, concord-, agreeing : com-, com- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. concord [ˈkɒnkɔːd ˈkɒŋ-] n 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, other) Music a combination of musical notes, esp one containing a series of consonant intervals Compare discord [3] 5. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar another word for agreement [6] [from Old French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concors of the same mind, harmonious, from com- same + cor heart] Concord [ˈkɒŋkəd] n 1. (Placename) a town in NE Massachusetts: scene of one of the opening military actions (1775) of the War of American Independence. Pop.: 17 080 (1990) 2. (Placename) a city in New Hampshire, the state capital: printing, publishing. Pop.: 36 364 (1992) Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun 1. Concord - capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river capital of New Hampshire Granite State, New Hampshire, NH - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies 2. concord - 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 concordance, harmony order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" peace - harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates lived in peace together" comity - a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect accord, agreement - harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" 3. concord - the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations agreement grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar 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 4. Concord - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies 5. concord - agreement of opinions concordance, harmony agreement - the verbal act of agreeing 6. Concord - the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) Lexington and Concord, Lexington American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence - the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783 Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Verb 1. concord - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" accord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" blend in, blend, go - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" 2. concord - arrange by concord or agreement; "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner" arrange, fix up - make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" 3. concord - arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" 4. concord - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" agree, concur, hold settle - end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled" conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" see eye to eye - be in agreement; "We never saw eye to eye on this question" concede, grant, yield - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" subscribe, support - adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" resolve, conclude - reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation arrange, fix up - make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" agree - achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. concord noun 1. harmony, accord, peace, agreement, concert, friendship, consensus, goodwill, unison, good understanding, rapport, unanimity, amity,consonance A climate of concord and tolerance prevails among the Muslim and Christian Egyptian citizens. 2. treaty, agreement, convention, compact, protocol, entente, concordat The Concord of Wittenberg was agreed in 1536. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002  Translations Select a language:   -----------------------   concord n concord [ˈkoŋkoːd] agreement; state of peace. Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. Link to this page:  Please bookmark with social media, your votes are noticed and appreciated:

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Bay State Concord grape Concordantly Old Colony		The Concord bed-chamber being always assigned to a passenger by the mail, and passengers by the mail being always heavily wrapped up from bead to foot, the room had the odd interest for the establishment of the Royal George, that although but one kind of man was seen to go into it, all kinds and varieties of men came out of it. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context Nearly three hundred were strewn, dead or dying, along the road from Concord. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context He fosters the spirit of concord and justice, in whose work there is as much glory to be reaped as in the deeds of arms. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

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