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concord
1[ kon-kawrd, kong- ]
noun
- agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord:
There was complete concord among the delegates.
- agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.
- Grammar. agreement ( def 6 ).
- peace; amity.
Synonyms: friendship, goodwill, harmony
- a treaty; compact; covenant.
- Music. a stable, harmonious combination of tones; a chord requiring no resolution.
Concord
2[ kong-kerd kon-kawrd, kong- kon-kawrd, kong- ]
noun
- a town in E Massachusetts, NW of Boston: second battle of the Revolution fought here April 19, 1775.
- a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- a city in and the capital of New Hampshire, in the S part.
- a city in central North Carolina.
- a sweet red wine with a strong grapelike taste, made from the Concord grape.
concord
1/ ˈkɒŋ-; ˈkɒnkɔːd /
noun
- agreement or harmony between people or nations; amity
- a treaty establishing peaceful relations between nations
- agreement or harmony between things, ideas, etc
- See discordmusic a combination of musical notes, esp one containing a series of consonant intervals Compare discord
- See agreementgrammar another word for agreement
Concord
2/ ˈkɒŋkəd /
noun
- 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)
- a city in New Hampshire, the state capital: printing, publishing. Pop: 41 823 (2003 est)
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Example Sentences
That ‘anyplace past Concord’ faces the exact same set of issues.
Palace, for those unfamiliar with the series, is a still wet-behind-the-ears detective in Concord, New Hampshire.
The beach parking lot was someplace out near the Lexington and Concord battlefields.
America is in urgent need of more stringent gun control laws, as the British discovered at Lexington and Concord.
A condo six blocks away from Concord Baptist church recently sold for $1.04 million.
And out of this thicket, alas, no two people ever emerge hand in hand in concord.
Wheal Concord pumping engine, in 1827 had a similar air-pump.
Pushing on to Concord, the thousand disciplined British regulars captured and destroyed the military stores collected there.
Widows and orphans well remember the impunity given to the assassins of their loved ones in the name of "concord."
In England the news of the fighting at Lexington and Concord was received with astonishment.
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