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en rapport

American  
[ahn ra-pawr, -pohr, ruh-, ahn ra-pawr] / ˌɑn ræˈpɔr, -ˈpoʊr, rə-, ɑ̃ raˈpɔr /

adjective

  1. in sympathy or accord; in agreement; congenial.


en rapport British  
/ ɑ̃ rapɔr /

adjective

  1. in sympathy, harmony, or accord

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of en rapport

From French

Example Sentences

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Though Mr. Macdonald's inability to suppress Laborite rowdyism last week somewhat damped his prestige, he appears to remain en rapport with all but the most radical Laborites.

From Time Magazine Archive

Secondly, German coke makers and French iron miners are now sufficiently en rapport to make probable shortly a union of the two complementary industries and consequently lower prices for Franco-German steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two faced each other, and the next instant were en rapport; talking the matter over as cool as cucumbers and sweet as sugar-plums.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid

Already the new mighty rhythm caught them whirling into space, each soul more and more en rapport with the universal world-soul.

From The Promise of Air by Algernon Blackwood

While the party, glasses in hand, were putting themselves en rapport, the door again opened, and now the hush that fell upon the assembled “gentlemen” was deeper and more lasting.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch

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