concordance

noun

con·​cor·​dance kən-ˈkȯr-dᵊn(t)s 

kän-

1

: an alphabetical index of the principal words in a book or the works of an author with their immediate contexts

2

: concord, agreement

Examples of concordance in a Sentence

There is little concordance between the two studies.

a concordance of Shakespeare's plays

Recent Examples on the Web

The group behind the CLT published a concordance report in April comparing its test to the SAT. —Denise Royal, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023

Russia’s manipulation of global grain supplies is surely targeted at Europe and the United States, where a clear concordance exists between political actors opposed to migration and those reluctant to back Ukraine. —Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023

Contrary to popular belief, language concordance alone does not guarantee effective communication or patient adherence to medication and behavioral changes. —Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023

This restriction has an important consequence: Unlike a regular concordance, ribbon concordance doesn’t necessarily go both ways. —Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022

One is a listing of all the words in a text—that’s a concordance, a genre first developed as a tool of biblical scholarship. —Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2023

The developer of a statistical method called factor analysis, Charles Spearman, concluded in 1904 that a general factor of intelligence, called a g factor, must underlie the concordance of measurements for varying human cognitive skills. —Eka Roivainen, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023

Self-concordance becomes highlighted. —Yec, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021

My twitter followers exhibit a stronger concordance of interests, but still far less than those people who sought me out on Google+. —Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2011

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin concordantia, from Latin concordant-, concordans, present participle of concordare to agree, from concord-, concors

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing concordance

• in concordance with

• in concordance with

Kids Definition

concordance

noun

con·​cord·​ance

kən-ˈkȯrd-ᵊn(t)s,

kän-

1

: an alphabetical index of the principal words in a book or in the works of an author

2

: concord