concordant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- concordantly adverb
- nonconcordant adverb
- nonconcordantly adverb
- unconcordant adjective
- unconcordantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of concordant
1475–85; < Anglo-French, Middle French concordant. See concord, -ant
Example Sentences
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“If a 16-year-old individual is ready to take gender affirming hormone therapy, such as estrogen or testosterone, they will be concordant with their peers, who are nearly all experiencing pubertal hormones.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2022
Occasionally histrionic descriptions of his life and most famous paintings are thus entirely concordant.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2021
Laccoliths are blister-like, concordant intrusions of magma that form between sedimentary layers.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
In one study, Hatemi found that identical twins who do not spend much time together are still more concordant than are fraternal twins who do, suggesting that genetic factors do matter.
From Nature • Oct. 24, 2012
Rutherford has shown that these two methods give concordant results.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
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