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consonance definition
con·so·nance (kän′sə nəns)
noun
- harmony or agreement of elements or parts; accord
- a pleasing combination of simultaneous musical sounds; harmony of tones
- Prosody repetition of a consonant sound in stressed syllables in the middle or at the end of words (Ex.: star/door, conceive/behoove)
Etymology: ME & OFr < L consonantia < consonans, prp. of consonare, to sound together with < com-, with + sonare < sonus, sound
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