concordance

(kən-kôr'dns)
n.

1. Agreement; concord.
2. An alphabetical index of all the words in a text or corpus of texts, showing every contextual occurrence of a word: a concordance of Shakespeare's works.
3. Genetics. The presence of a given trait in both members of a pair of twins.

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noun

Harmonious mutual understanding: accord, agreement, concord, concurrence, consonance, harmony, rapport, tune, unity. Idioms: meeting of the minds. See agree/disagree.

concordance, an alphabetical index of all the significant words used in a text or related group of texts, indicating all the places in which each word is used. Concordances to the Bible and to the complete works of Shakespeare have been followed, especially since the advent of computers, by similar reference books on other works.

the condition in which both members of a twin pair, or any two comparable individuals or species, possess the same gene, phenotype, or trait.
—concordant adj.; concordantly adv.

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In genetics, the occurrence of a given trait in both members of a twin pair.

For a list of words related to concordance, see:

• Publications - concordance: alphabetical listing of significant words used in text or by particular writer, citing where they occur, used esp. with Bible
• Books and Pages - concordance: alphabetical index of principal words in book, esp. the Bible; alphabetical index of subjects or topics

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See words rhyming with "concordance."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - overensstemmelse, konkordans
v. tr. - skabe overensstemmelse for

Nederlands (Dutch)
overeenstemming, concordantie

Français (French)
n. - accord, concordance
v. tr. - concorder

Deutsch (German)
n. - Übereinstimmung, Konkordanz
v. - übereinstimmen, eine Konkordanz machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμφωνία, αρμονία, ευρετήριο/ταμείο (της Αγ. Γραφής, των αρχαίων συγγραφέων κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
concordanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - concordância (f)

Русский (Russian)
согласование, указатель изречений

Español (Spanish)
n. - concordancia
v. tr. - buscar concordancias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överensstämmelse, enighet, konkordans

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
调和, 用语索引, 一致, 使遵照

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 調和, 用語索引, 一致
v. tr. - 使遵照

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조화, 용어 색인
v. tr. - ~을 조화롭게 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一致, 用語索引

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اتفاق, فهرس, شامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התאמה, הרמוניה, מתאימון, קונקורדנציה‬
v. tr. - ‮חיבר קונקורדנציה ל-‬

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