CONCORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Concord mean? 

• CONCORD (noun)
  The noun CONCORD has 6 senses:

1. capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river

2. a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

3. the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

4. town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought

5. agreement of opinions

6. the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

  Familiarity information: CONCORD used as a noun is common.

• CONCORD (verb)
  The verb CONCORD has 4 senses:

1. go together

2. arrange by concord or agreement

3. arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance

4. be in accord; be in agreement

  Familiarity information: CONCORD used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of New Hampshire; Concord

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Concord" is a part of...):

Granite State; N.H.; New Hampshire; NH (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

concord; concordance; harmony

Hypernyms ("concord" is a kind of...):

order (established customary state (especially of society))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concord"):

accord; agreement (harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters)

comity (a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect)

peace (harmonious relations; freedom from disputes)

Derivation:

concord (go together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

agreement; concord

Hypernyms ("concord" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concord"):

number agreement (agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify))

person agreement (agreement in person between pronouns and verbs)

case agreement (agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction)

gender agreement (agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction)

Derivation:

concord (arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Concord" is a part of...):

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Agreement of opinions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

concord; concordance; harmony

Hypernyms ("concord" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Derivation:

concord (be in accord; be in agreement)

concord (arrange by concord or agreement)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Concord; Lexington; Lexington and Concord

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Holonyms ("Concord" is a part of...):

American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; American War of Independence; War of American Independence (the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783)

• CONCORD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they concord    ... he / she / it concords   
Past simple: concorded   
Past participle: concorded   
-ing form: concording   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go together

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize

Context example:

Their ideas concorded

Hypernyms (to "concord" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Verb group:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concord"):

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

concord (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange by concord or agreement

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner

Hypernyms (to "concord" is one way to...):

arrange; fix up (make arrangements for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concord (agreement of opinions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives

Hypernyms (to "concord" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concord (the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations)

concordance (an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be in accord; be in agreement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

agree; concord; concur; hold

Context example:

Both philosophers concord on this point

Verb group:

agree (achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concord"):

settle (end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement)

conciliate; make up; patch up; reconcile; settle (come to terms)

see eye to eye (be in agreement)

concede; grant; yield (be willing to concede)

subscribe; support (adopt as a belief)

conclude; resolve (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation)

arrange; fix up (make arrangements for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

concord; concordance (agreement of opinions)

 Context examples 

Into the chamber they went in all peace and concord, where the Lady Tiphaine sat like queen on throne for each in turn to be presented to her.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All my confidence is bestowed on him, all his confidence is devoted to me; we are precisely suited in character—perfect concord is the result.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)