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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

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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

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

She had sent that cry into the night, and I, being en rapport with her, had heard it—had witnessed the tragedy which called it forth.

From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Croly is, or ought to have been, a great poet; but is not sufficiently known, nor en rapport with the spirit of the time.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

Two weekly newspapers kept the citizens en rapport with the outside world and the hustling life of the large cities.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

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