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concordance Definition

con·cord·ance (kən kôrd'ns)

noun

  1. agreement; harmony
  2. an alphabetical list of the chief words used in a book or by a writer, with the passages in which they occur identified or cited

Etymology: ME concordaunce < OFr concordance < ML concordantia < L concordans, prp. of concordare, to agree < concors: see concord

concordance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • generate: Generate a concordance for know in the Stephen corpus.
  • improve: Those patients who do not wish to can still be helped by improving concordance.
  • achieve: In which case, how can we empower different individuals to achieve concordance through partnership?
  • produce: One way of finding out is to produce a concordance for don't.
  • use: I use this concordance with a variety of other bible study tools.
  • make: In order to find out exactly what constructions are used in the text, I made concordances.

Preposition: with

  • treatment: This can be important in promoting concordance with treatment.

Adjective modifier

  • exhaustive: With the exhaustive concordance you can find any word you need.
  • Greek: His Greek concordance is one of the best of its kind ever produced.
  • electronic: Search strings Example: searching an electronic concordance Electronic concordances are searchable lists of all the words used in a corpus of texts.
  • complete: Here is the most complete concordance showing the relationships of Hebrew words to the NIV.
  • patient: This is dependent on the reason for input, the complexity of the care required, any complicating factors and patient concordance.
  • online: Dates and Dating Issues The English Calendar - an online concordance of dates developed by Ian McInnes.

Modifies a noun

  • output: Each field is properly justified, so the concordance output could readily be observed.
  • program: Stubbs complains that we give no concordance program listings.
  • line: Below is a set of concordance lines for the phrase teacher in a.
  • rate: The study found only a 45 per cent concordance rate for identical male pairs.
  • software: The most inquisitive students could benefit from access to concordance software to explore corpora on their own.
  • file: The best way to do this is to produce a concordance file.

Noun used with modifier

  • %: The table shows, however, that there is a 24 % concordance between identical twins.