concordance

American  

[kon-kawr-dns, kuhn-] / kɒnˈkɔr dns, kən- /

noun

1. agreement; concord; harmony.

   the concordance of the membership.

2. an alphabetical index of the principal words of a book, as of the Bible, with a reference to the passage in which each occurs.

3. an alphabetical index of subjects or topics.

4. (in genetic studies) the degree of similarity in a pair of twins with respect to the presence or absence of a particular disease or trait.

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concordance British  

/ kənˈkɔːdəns /

noun

1. a state or condition of agreement or harmony

2. a book that indexes the principal words in a literary work, often with the immediate context and an account of the meaning

3. an index produced by computer or machine, alphabetically listing every word in a text

4. an alphabetical list of subjects or topics

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Etymology

Origin of concordance

1350–1400; Middle English concordaunce < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French concordance < Medieval Latin concordantia. See concord, -ance

Example Sentences

Finally, no concordance in epimutations between newborns and their parents was observed, arguing against direct inheritance.

From Science Daily

Last July, it said the artist had “always acted in concordance with the law and on the advice of her financial advisers.”

From Seattle Times

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.

From Scientific American

This is a story about conflict, internal and external, but it also allows, in songs such as “Great Expectations” and “Stay Gold,” for luxuriant and surprising concordance.

From New York Times

“Additionally, ChatGPT demonstrated a high level of concordance and insight in its explanations. These results suggest that large language models may have the potential to assist with medical education, and potentially, clinical decision-making.”

From Washington Times