concordant

adjective

con·​cor·​dant kən-ˈkȯr-dᵊnt How to pronounce concordant (audio)
kän-
concordantly adverb

Examples of concordant in a Sentence

All three tests have concordant results. the movie's opening-weekend gross was fairly concordant with box-office returns for that genre
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Finding a common language is just one way in which medical schools, clinics, hospitals and health-care networks are working to address health disparities as part of an increasingly visible movement known as culturally sensitive or concordant care. Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 Overall, 27 of the respondents (19 percent) had different gender identities at the time of their surgery than at the time of the survey, but their regret and satisfaction ratings were not significantly different than those who had concordant identities. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2023 The needed concordant scores, however, were to be raised this year, and many students have been unable to clear that bar. Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023 So mathematicians add a rule: Two knots are concordant if they can be connected by a certain kind of imaginary cylinder. Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022 This alternative title succinctly and intuitively confers the role of PAs, disambiguates them from assistant physicians, and is concordant with the AAPA’s professional definition. Peter A. Young, STAT, 2 June 2023 The genetic, fossil and archaeological records are reasonably concordant in suggesting that the first substantial and prolonged wave of modern human migration out of Africa occurred around 50,000 years ago. Curtis W. Marean, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016 But the biggest issue is this: identical twins already share very concordant genomes, and no one would presume that one twin should have a right to a say in the use of the genome of the other twin. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011 The state wanted to raise the concordant scores to better match the challenge of achieving those to that of passing the state tests. Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin concordant-, concordans

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of concordant was in the 15th century

Dictionary Entries Near concordant

Cite this Entry

“Concordant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concordant. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

concordant

adjective
con·​cord·​ant
kən-ˈkȯrd-ᵊnt
: being in agreement : consonant
concordantly adverb

Medical Definition

concordant

adjective
con·​cor·​dant kən-ˈkȯrd-ᵊnt How to pronounce concordant (audio)
of twins
: similar with respect to one or more particular characters compare discordant
concordance noun

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