<B>concord, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>agreement; peace; harmony. <BR> <I>Ex. concord between friends. No project of theirs could endanger the concord of the empire (Edmund Burke).</I> (SYN) accord. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Music.) a harmonious combination of tones sounded together; harmony. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=treaty.</B> (SYN) pact, concordat. <DD><B> 4. </B>an agreement between things. <BR> <I>Ex. a concord of sweet sounds.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>correspondence of words with respect to number, case, gender, person, or other grammatical feature; agreement. </DL>
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<B>Concord, </B>noun. <B>=Concord grape.</B></DL>
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<B>concordance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an alphabetical list of the principal words in a book or in the works of an author, with references to the passages in which they occur. <BR> <I>Ex. The scholars work on this in a small inner room, equipped with concordances, dictionaries, and all the relevant texts (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>concord; agreement; harmony. </DL>
<B>concordat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an agreement; compact. (SYN) covenant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a formal agreement between the Pope and a government about church affairs. </DL>
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<B>Concord coach,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a type of stagecoach built for rough roads, used by settlers in the Western frontier. </DL>
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<B>Concorde, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a commercial supersonic aircraft produced jointly by Great Britain and France. <BR> <I>Ex. The fourteen Concordes (the French have four and the British five, and five are unsold) have already cost the two governments three billion dollars (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>Concord grape,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, sweet, bluish-black grape, used especially for making juice and jelly. </DL>
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<B>concorporate, </B>verb, <B>-rated,</B> <B>-rating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rare.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to unite into one body or mass. <DD><I>adj. </I> united into one body or mass. </DL>
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<B>concours, </B>noun, pl. <B>concours.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a public contest. </DL>
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<B>concourse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a running, flowing, or coming together. <BR> <I>Ex. The fort was built on a wedge of land at the concourse of two rivers.</I> (SYN) confluence. <DD><B> 2. </B>a crowd; throng. <BR> <I>Ex. The President looked over the vast concourse awaiting his announcement.</I> (SYN) assemblage. <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where crowds come, such as a stadium or arena. <DD><B> 4. </B>an open space in a railroad station. <DD><B> 5. </B>a boulevard or driveway. (SYN) avenue, esplanade. </DL>
<B>concrescence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a growing together of parts which originally were separate to form a single part or unit. (SYN) accrescence, accretion. <DD><B> 2. </B>an increase by the adding of particles. (SYN) accrescence, accretion. </DL>
<B>concrete, </B>adjective, noun, verb, <B>-creted,</B> <B>-creting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>existing as an actual object, not merely as an idea or as a quality; real. <BR> <I>Ex. A painting is concrete; its beauty is not a concrete thing.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not general; specific; particular. <BR> <I>Ex. The daisy is a concrete example of a composite flower. The teacher gave concrete examples to show the meaning of faith, hope, and charity.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>naming a thing, especially something perceived by the senses. <BR> <I>Ex. "Sugar" and "people" are concrete nouns; "sweetness" and "humanity" are abstract nouns.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>made of concrete. <BR> <I>Ex. a concrete sidewalk.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>formed into a mass; solid; hardened. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) grown together. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water that hardens as it dries. Concrete is used for foundations, whole buildings, sidewalks, roads, dams, and bridges. <DD><B> 2. </B>something concrete. <DD><B> 3. </B>a concrete idea or term. <BR> <I>Ex. This blending of the concrete and the abstract was the chief characteristic of almost all his researches (Scientific American).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to treat, lay, or cover with concrete. <DD><B> 2. </B>to form or mix into a mass; harden into a mass; make solid. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to run into a mass; become solid; solidify. <DD><B> 2. </B>to use or apply concrete. adv. <B>concretely.</B> noun <B>concreteness.</B> </DL>
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<B>concrete block,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gray, rectangular building block of concrete, usually cast with hollow cores. </DL>
<B>concrete number,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a number which is connected with something real. (Example:) 4 men + 5 women = 9 persons. The numbers by themselves are <I>abstract numbers.</I> </DL>
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<B>concrete poem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a poem whose text is arranged in shapes and patterns; a combined poem and drawing. </DL>
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<B>concrete poet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a writer of concrete poems. </DL>
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<B>concrete poetry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> poetry designed to draw attention to its physical appearance by arranging the text in shapes and patterns; concrete poems collectively. <BR> <I>Ex. In concrete poetry words are treated as signs, like forms in concrete painting (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>concretion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a forming into a mass; a solidifying. <DD><B> 2. </B>a solidified mass; hard formation, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>a hard morbid formation in the body, such as a gallstone; calculus; stone. <DD><B> b. </B>a mass formed by aggregation of solid particles, usually around a nucleus, common in certain types of sandstone, shale, and clay. </DL>
<B>concretist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>=concrete poet.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with concrete poets or their work. <BR> <I>Ex. The concretist movement began simultaneously in Europe and Brazil in the early 1950s (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>concretive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to concrete. </DL>
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<B>concretize, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-tized,</B> <B>-tizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make (anything) concrete, definite, or specific; objectify. <BR> <I>Ex. The proof of abstraction is concretizing (John Wesley Powell).</I> noun <B>concretization.</B> </DL>
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<B>concubinage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the living together of a man and a concubine. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being a concubine. <BR> <I>Ex. Up until fairly recently there was a great deal of selling into concubinage (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<B>concubinary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-naries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with a concubine. <DD><B> 2. </B>living in or sprung from concubinage. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who lives in concubinage. </DL>
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<B>concubine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a woman who lives with a man without being legally married to him. <DD><B> 2. </B>a wife who has an inferior rank or rights (in countries where polygamy is legal). </DL>
<B>concur, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-curred,</B> <B>-curring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>to be of the same opinion; agree. <BR> <I>Ex. The judges all concurred in giving him the prize.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to come together; happen at the same time; coincide. <BR> <I>Ex. This year two weeks of rain concurred with our vacation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to work together. <BR> <I>Ex. The events of the boy's life concurred to make him what he is.</I> (SYN) unite, combine, cooperate. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to meet. noun <B>concurrer.</B> </DL>
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<B>concurrence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a having the same opinion; agreement. (SYN) assent. <DD><B> 2. </B>a happening at the same time. (SYN) coincidence, juncture. <DD><B> 3. </B>a working together; cooperating. (SYN) cooperation. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Geometry.) a coming together; a meeting at a point. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Law.) a joint power, authority, or claim. <DD><B> 6. </B>pursuit of the same object; rivalry; competition. </DL>
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<B>concurrency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B> <B>=concurrence.</B></DL>
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<B>concurrent, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>happening at the same time; existing side by side. <BR> <I>Ex. The twins had concurrent birthdays.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>agreeing; harmonious. <BR> <I>Ex. concurrent ideas.</I> (SYN) consistent. <DD><B> 3. </B>working together; cooperating. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Law.) having equal authority or jurisdiction; coordinate. <DD><B> 5. </B>coming together; meeting in a point. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a concurrent thing or event. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rival claimant; competitor. adv. <B>concurrently.</B> noun <B>concurrentness.</B> </DL>
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<B>concurrent resolution,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a resolution passed by the two branches of a legislative assembly, which expresses an opinion but does not have the force of law. A concurrent resolution does not need to be signed by the chief executive. </DL>
