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discord
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English
Etymology
Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”).
Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discord?re, from discord-, as above.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?sk??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?sk??d/
Noun
discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)
- Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
- A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America
- Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
Derived terms
- apple of discord
Related terms
- discordant
- Discordianism
Translations
Pronunciation 2
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?k??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?k??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Verb
discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)
- (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
- (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.
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contest
English
Etymology
From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.t?st/
- (US) enPR: k?n't?st, IPA(key): /?k?n.t?st/
- Rhymes: -?nt?st
Verb
- (UK, US) enPR: k?nt?st', IPA(key): /k?n?t?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
contest (countable and uncountable, plural contests)
- (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
- Synonyms: controversy, debate, discussion
- (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
- Synonyms: battle, combat, fight
- (countable) A competition.
- Synonyms: competition, pageant
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
contest (third-person singular simple present contests, present participle contesting, simple past and past participle contested)
- (intransitive) To contend.
- Synonyms: compete, contend, go in for
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- As for the difficulty or obscurity of an argument, that does but add to the pleasure.of contesting with it when there are hopes of victory
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- Synonyms: call into question, oppose
- Antonym: support
- 1848, John Daniel Morell, Historical and Critical View of the Speculative Philosophy of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- Synonym: controvert
Translations
Anagrams
- Consett, Cottens
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