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concord
English
Etymology 1
From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n.k??d/, /?k??.k??d/
Noun
concord (countable and uncountable, plural concords)
- A state of agreement; harmony; union.
- (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case.
- (law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
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Translations
Etymology 2
After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n.k??d/
Noun
concord (plural concords)
- A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
Etymology 3
From French concorder, from Latin concord?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?k??d/
Verb
concord (third-person singular simple present concords, present participle concording, simple past and past participle concorded)
- (intransitive) To agree; to act together
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edward Hyde Clarendon to this entry?)
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coalition
English
Alternative forms
- coälition (rare)
Etymology
From French coalition (“coalition”), from Late Latin alo (“I advance (cause, etc., communion)”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: k??l?'sh?n, IPA(key): /ko???l???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)
- A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
- The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.
- (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
- 2013 August 7, Joshi Herrmann, "How cricket netted the hipsters", London Evening Standard
- Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads.
- 2014 September 6, Darren Boyle, "Running wild! Mother cheetah has SIX cubs keeping her busy by jumping, hiding and climbing all over her", The Daily Mail
- Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.
- 2015 June 11, "This is the moment an ostrich attempts to outrun cheetahs in Sir David Attenborough's latest show", Bristol Post
- This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.
- 2013 August 7, Joshi Herrmann, "How cricket netted the hipsters", London Evening Standard
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- coalition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- coitional
French
Alternative forms
- coälition (rare)
Etymology
From Late Latin coalitus (“fellowship, communion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.a.li.sj??/
Noun
coalition f (plural coalitions)
- coalition
Further reading
- “coalition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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