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chord 1 of 2

noun

Definition of chordnext
as in emotion
a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation the story of the family's woes struck a sympathetic chord with newspaper readers

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chord

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verb

as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals

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Recent Examples of chord
Noun
Just like smelling a particular fragrance can bring back a memory faster than any other sense, a Taylor Swift song strikes an immediate, familiar chord. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026 No, the quintessential Townshend power sign was his giant circular windmill strum, arm outstretched and twirling, gathering centrifugal force to slam that pick up through the guitar strings, creating the loudest chord humanly possible. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for chord
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chord
  1. emotion
  2. correspond
  3. feeling
  4. coincide
  5. sense
  6. conform
  7. fit
Noun
  • Trauma and tragedies—such as the death of his parents, or periods of estrangement from his siblings—receive less scrutiny than the emotions unlocked by Virginia Woolf or Roland Barthes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The bursts of comedy don’t lighten the mood, but instead sharpen the emotion and clarify the intensity, the way a shrewd joke might at a funeral.
    — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of emotion
Verb
  • In November 2024, for instance, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a policy banning transgender people from using some Capitol restrooms that do not correspond with their gender at birth.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • To construct this curve, experts formed a cross section of objects in higher dimensions, the boundary of which corresponds to the elliptic curve.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of correspond
Noun
  • Give the feeling room to exist without forcing it into a permanent category.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • But the lingering resentments are probably rooted in your feelings about his grandfather – your brother – and the boy’s parents.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of feeling
Verb
  • Playing Alice on the Apple TV+ series has also coincided with a formative stretch in Maxwell’s career.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The sharp price hikes have coincided with an escalation in the Iran war, including a recent drone attack on Saudi Arabia's critical East-West oil pipeline.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of coincide
Noun
  • Dolce’s cool, reductive architectural sense, with its airy vistas and great open spaces inside and out (perfect for their energetic Labradors, Lola and her son, Dali), is cluttered with the eclectic bounty that Gabbana has assembled over the years.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In an opinion essay Sunday, a trio of 1st Amendment and antitrust experts dismissed Paramount’s threat to leave Los Angeles as a ploy that doesn’t make business sense.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of sense
Verb
  • As one of the three colorways that conformed with the NBA’s uniform regulations, the sneaker is rendered primarily in white.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • However, insects such as the fruit fly and plants such as the silverweed cinquefoil have also been shown to conform to Gloger’s rule.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of conform
Verb
  • Ergonomics was about chairs that were built for people, rather than chairs designed to fit efficiently into an office or be simple to stack and move.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Engineers must fit the reactor, shielding and power-conversion equipment inside a combat vehicle.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of fit

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“Chord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chord. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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