consonance

[ kon-suh-nuhns ]

/ ˈkɒn sə nəns /

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noun

accord or agreement.

correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.

Music. a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose.Compare dissonance (def. 2).

Prosody.

the correspondence of consonants, especially those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse.Compare alliteration (def. 1).
the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.

Physics. the property of two sounds the frequencies of which have a ratio equal to a small whole number.

OTHER WORDS FOR consonance

1 concord, harmony, correspondence.

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OPPOSITES FOR consonance

1 dissonance.

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Also con·so·nan·cy .

Origin of consonance

1350–1400; Middle English (<Anglo-French ) <Latin consonantia concord. See consonant, -ance

OTHER WORDS FROM consonance

non·con·so·nance, noun

Words nearby consonance

consolidator, consoling, consols, consolute, consommé, consonance, consonant, consonantal, consonantalize, consonantism, consonantize

How to use consonance in a sentence

There may be a bit too much consonance between the events past and present that give the novel its structure.
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In both cases, he explained, “an expert hand must constantly bring disharmony back to consonance.”
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Their liking had matured into an attachment, which might have been predicated upon their consonance of feeling and sentiment.
Alone|Marion Harland
The consonance came of itself, and ideas were born of the rhymes.
The Child of Pleasure|Gabriele D'Annunzio

He chooses the work that is in consonance with his mode of life, and gives him leisure and strength to do his duty to God and man.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
With the changes in the rhythm of the dance, and the gestures that vary in consonance, the echo within sings to a new tune.
Spirit and Music|H. Ernest Hunt
Moreover, this order of succession is also in greater consonance with the general laws underlying social changes of this sort.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

British Dictionary definitions for consonance

consonance

consonancy

/ (ˈkɒnsənəns) /

noun plural -nances or -nancies

agreement, harmony, or accord

prosody similarity between consonants, but not between vowels, as between the s and t sounds in sweet silent thoughtCompare assonance (def. 1)

music

an aesthetically pleasing sensation or perception associated with the interval of the octave, the perfect fourth and fifth, the major and minor third and sixth, and chords based on these intervalsCompare dissonance (def. 3)
an interval or chord producing this sensation

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British Dictionary definitions for consonance

consonancy