noun

concord

KON-kawd

noun

A state of peaceful agreement or harmony between people or groups.

"The two nations have lived in concord for decades."

"The treaty was meant to restore concord between the rival clans."

In grammar, agreement between words, such as a verb matching its subject in number and person.

"Subject-verb concord means "he is" is correct, not "he are.""

How to Use Concord

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAgreement or harmony — between people, nations, or, in grammar, between words.

Easily confused with

accord → discord →

Common pairings

live in concord restore concord grammatical concord

concorded past tense, concords plural, concords plural, concords singular

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From Old French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concors ("of one mind, agreeing") — con- plus cor, cordis ("heart"). Compare accord.