concord

noun
🔊/ˈkɒŋkɔːd/
🔊/ˈkɑːnkɔːrd/
[uncountable]
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  1. concord (with somebody) (formal) peace and agreement和谐;和睦;协调 synonym harmony
    • living in concord with neighbouring states与邻国和睦相处
    opposite discordTopics Discussion and agreementc2
  2. [uncountable] concord (with something) (grammar语法) (of words in a phrase短语中的单词) the fact of having the same number, gender or person (数、性或人称的)一致synonym agreement
    • In the sentence ‘They live in the country.’, the plural verb ‘live’ is in concord with the plural subject ‘They’.在“他们住在乡下”一词中,复数动词“活”与复数主语“他们”一致。
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concors ‘of one mind’, from con- ‘together’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’.

Concord

🔊/ˈkɒŋkɔːd/
🔊/ˈkɑːnkɔːrd/
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  1. a small town in the US state of Massachusetts about 12 miles/19 kilometres north-west of Boston. The Battle of Concord was the second battle of the American Revolution. The town is famous for the number of famous writers who lived there, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott. see also Lexington and Concord