Consonance Definition

kŏnsə-nəns
noun
Harmony or agreement of elements or parts; accord.
Webster's New World
Close correspondence of sounds.
American Heritage
A pleasing combination of simultaneous musical sounds; harmony of tones.
Webster's New World
Repetition of a consonant sound in stressed syllables in the middle or at the end of words (Ex.: star/door, conceive/behoove)
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Consonance

Noun

Singular:
consonance
Plural:
consonances

Origin of Consonance

  • From Old French, from Latin consonantia

    From Wiktionary

Consonance Sentence Examples

  • In a few ances this may have come about by the emphasizing of a ly primitive trait; as when the wolf Ophois, in consonance I the predatory nature of that animal, developed into a of war.

  • Sedley Taylor, Sound and Music (1882), contains a simple and excellent account of Helmholtz's theory of consonance and dissonance.

  • So far his published views had been in complete consonance with those of the older Tractarians.

  • We can see, too, at once how the octave is such a smooth consonance.

  • There is a total consonance of views on that also.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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consonance

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With CE

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With C10 Letter Words Ending With E