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harmony

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har·mo·ny  (härm-n)
n. pl. har·mo·nies
1. Agreement in feeling or opinion; accord: live in harmony.
2. A pleasing combination of elements in a whole: color harmony; the order and harmony of the universe. See Synonyms at proportion.
3. Music
a. The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.
b. Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.
c. The structure of a work or passage as considered from the point of view of its chordal characteristics and relationships.
d. A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.
4. A collation of parallel passages, especially from the Gospels, with a commentary demonstrating their consonance and explaining their discrepancies.

[Middle English armonie, from Old French, from Latin harmonia, from Greek harmoni, articulation, agreement, harmony, from harmos, joint; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

harmony
Noun
pl -nies
1. a state of peaceful agreement and cooperation
2. Music a pleasant combination of two or more notes sounded at the same time
3. the way parts combine well together or into a whole [Greek harmonia]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.harmonyharmony - compatibility in opinion and action
compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
congruence, congruity, congruousness - the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
2.harmonyharmony - the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
harmonisation, harmonization - a piece of harmonized music
four-part harmony - harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
preparation - (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
resolution - (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
3.harmony - a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
peace - harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates lived in peace together"
comity - a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
accord, agreement - harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
4.harmony - agreement of opinions
agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
5.harmony - an agreeable sound property
sound property - an attribute of sound
harmoniousness, consonance - the property of sounding harmonious
dissonance - disagreeable sounds

harmony
Translations

harmony [ˈhɑːmənɪ] narmonía
harmony [ˈhɑːmənɪ] nharmonie f
harmony [ˈhɑːmənɪ] nEinklang m;
(Mus) → Harmonie f
harmony [ˈhɑːmənɪ] narmonia

harmony
n harmony [ˈhaːməni]
1 (of musical sounds, colours etc) (the state of forming) a pleasing combination The singers sang in harmony. harmonie إنْسِجام хармония souzvuk harmoni der Einklang αρμονία armonía harmoonia هماهنگی harmonia harmonie הַרמוֹניָה सहस्वरता, सुस्वरता harmonija, uskladenost harmónia harmoni samhljómur armonia 和声 조화 harmonija, darnumas harmonija; saskaņa harmoni harmonie harmoni, samklang harmonia, zgodność harmonia armonie гармоничность súzvuk ubranost harmonija harmoni, samklang, välljud การประสานเสียง armoni; ses ahengi 和諧 гармонія سروں کا مترنم مجموعہ sự hài hoà; sự hoà âm
2 the agreement of people's feelings, opinions etc Few married couples live in perfect harmony. harmonie, eensgesindheid إنْسِجام، تَفاهُم съзвучие harmonie harmoni die Harmonie αρμονία armonía kooskõla سازگاری sopusointu harmonie הַתאַמָה समरसता sklad, harmonija egyetértés keserasian sátt og samlyndi armonia 調和 일치 sutarimas, darnumas saskaņa; saticība harmoni harmonie harmoni, skjønn forening zgoda harmonia înţelegere гармония; согласие harmónia složnost harmonija harmoni ความสามัคคี uyum, ahenk 融洽 злагода, згода مطابقت، اتفاق sự hoà hợp
adj harˈmonic [-ˈmo-]
of, or concerned with, especially musical harmony. welluidend, harmonies تَوافُقي النَّغَم ، مُؤْتَلِف хармоничен harmonický harmonisk harmonisch αρμονικός armónico harmooniline داراي آهنگ يكنواخت harmoninen harmonique מִתמַזֵג יָפֶה अनुकूल, सुसंगत harmonican, skladan harmonikus mengenai harmoni samhljóms-, hljómrænn; samhljómandi, samstilltur armonico 和声の 화성의 harmonijos, harmoningas harmonisks harmoni harmonisch harmonisk harmonijny, harmoniczny harmónico armonic, bazat pe armonie гармонический harmonický harmoničen harmoničan harmonisk เสียงประสาน ahenkli 和聲的 гармонійний; злагоджений موسیقیت سے متعلق hài hoà; hòa âm
adj harˈmonious [-ˈməu-]
1 pleasant-sounding a harmonious melody. harmonies, welluidend مُنْسَجِم хармоничен libozvučný harmonisk wohlklingend αρμονικός, ευχάριστος στo αφτί armonioso harmooniline خوش آهنگ harmoninen harmonieux מִתמַזֵג יָפֶה सुरीलापन harmonican kellemes hangzású harmonis hljómfagur, samstilltur armonioso 耳に快い 화성의 darnus, harmoningas harmonisks yang harmoni harmonieus harmonisk, velklingende melodyjny, harmonijny harmonioso armonios гармоничный ľubozvučný ubran harmoničan välljudande, melodisk เสียงประสาน ahenkli 悅耳的 гармонійний خوش آواز du dương
2 pleasant to the eye a harmonious colour scheme. harmonies مُتلائِم، مُمْتِع للعَيْن приятен příjemný na pohled harmonisk harmonisch ευχάριστος στο μάτι armonioso harmooniline موزون harmoninen harmonieux מִשתַלֵב יָפֶה सुमेल ugodan oku harmonikus serasi samstilltur, samstæður armonioso 調和のとれた 조화된 darnus, suderintas harmonisks yang harmoni harmonieus samstemt, smakfull harmonijny harmonioso potrivit гармонирующий harmonizujúci harmoničen skladan harmonisk กลมกลืนกัน göze hoş görünen 悅目的 гармонічний خوش ترتیب hài hoà
3 without disagreement or bad feeling a harmonious relationship. eensgesind مُتوافِق، مُتلائِم، مُنْسَجِم задружен žijící v souladu harmonisk harmonisch αρμονικός armonioso harmooniline سازگار harmoninen harmonieux יְדִידוּתִי सद्भावपूर्ण skladan egyező, harmonikus rukun friðsamlegur, samlyndur armonioso 仲のよい 화합한 darnus saskanīgs; saticīgs harmoni harmonieus harmonisk, fredelig, vennskapelig zgodny harmonioso (în mod) armo­nios дружный harmonický složen skladan harmonisk, vänskaplig สามัคคี uyumlu 和睦的 дружний, злагоджений مخالفت یا انکار سے آزاد hoà hợp
adv harˈmoniously
harmonies بانْسِجام، بِتَوافُق хармонично libozvučně harmoniskt harmonisch αρμονικά armoniosamente harmooniliselt بطورموزون harmonisesti harmonieusement בְּהַרמוֹניָה सद्भावनापूर्वक skladno harmonikusan secara rukun friðsamlega, með samstilltum hætti armoniosamente 調和して 조화롭게 darniai, harmoningai harmoniski; saskanīgi dengan berharmoni harmonieus harmonisk, samstemt zgodnie harmoniosamente armonios гармонично ľubozvučne harmonično skladno harmoniskt อย่างเป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียวกัน uymlu bir şekilde 協調地 злагоджено خوش ترتیبی سے một cách hài hoà; hoà hợp
n harˈmoniousness
harmonie, welluidendheid, eensgesindheid إنْسِجام، تَوافُق хармоничност soulad harmoni die Harmonie αρμονικότητα armonía harmoonia خوش آهنگی harmonia harmonie הַרמוֹניָה सद्भावना skladnost, harmonicnost harmónia kerukunan samlyndi armonia 調和して 조화를 이룸 darnumas, harmoningumas harmoniskums; saskanīgums keharmonian harmonieusiteit samstemthet, vennskapelighet zgodność harmonia armonie гармоничность súlad harmoničnost skladnost harmoni, vänskaplighet ความเป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียวกัน uyumluluk 協調 гармонійність خوش ترتیبی tính hài hoà; hoà hợp
v ˈharmonize, *ˈharmonise
1 to sing or play musical instruments in harmony. harmonieer يُغَنّي أو يَعْزِف بانْسِجام وتوافُق хармонизирам zpívat, hrát libozvučně synge i harmoni; spille i harmoni in Einklang bringen εναρμονίζομαι armonizar harmooniliselt laulma või mängima هم آهنگ نواختن laulaa tai soittaa harmonisesti chanter/jouer en harmonie לְהִשתַלֵב בהרמוניה संगत या समस्वर होना या करना harmonicno (višeglasno) pjevati i svirati összehangol memadukan vera samstilltur/samtaka cantare/suonare in modo armonioso 調和 협화(協和)하다 darniai dainuoti/groti saskaņot; noskaņot berharmoni harmoniëren, in harmonie brengen, afstemmen harmonisere, bringe i harmoni harmonizować tocar em harmonia a armoniza играть hrať/spievať ľubozvučne peti/igrati v harmoniji biti u skladu sjunga (spela) i harmoni ประสานเสียง ahenkle söylemek/çalmak 以和聲唱/演奏 гармонізувати موسیقیت پیدا کرنا hoà âm
2 to add different parts to (a melody) to form harmonies. harmoniseer يُنَسِّق ، يخْلِقُ إنْسِجاما аранжирам harmonizovat harmonisere harmonisieren εναρμονίζω armonizar harmoniseerima موزون كردن soinnuttaa harmoniser לְהִתמַזֵג יָפֶה संगत देना harmonizirati harmonizál memperpadukan raddsetja; samstilla armonizzare 和音をつける 화음을 붙이다 harmonizuoti harmonizēt mengharmonikan harmoniëren, in harmonie brengen, afstemmen harmonisere zestrajać harmonizar a armoniza гармонизировать harmonizovať harmonizirati uskladiti sätta harmonier till ทำนองประสาน armonize etmek 使(曲調)和諧 аранжувати موسیقی کے کئی اجزا کو ملا کر موسیقیت پیدا کرنا phối hoà âm 使
3 to (cause to) be in harmony or agreement The colours in this room harmonize nicely. harmonieer يتناسَق، يَتَوافَق، يَتلائَم подхождам си ladit harmonere; passe godt sammen harmonisieren εναρμονίζω, εναρμονίζομαι armonizar kokku sobi(ta)ma جور بودن sointua yhteen (s')harmoniser לְהַתאִים זֶה לְזֶה सामंजस्य स्थापित करना uskladiti, slagati se harmonizál, összhangban van serasi samræma(st) armonizzarsi 調和する 조화하다 derėti, derinti harmonēt; saskanēt berharmoni harmoniëren, in harmonie brengen, afstemmen avstemme, harmonere med harmonizować, pasować do siebie harmonizar(-se) a (se) potrivi гармонировать ladiť skladati (se) uskladiti harmoniera, [] passa ihop เข้ากันได้ uymak 使協調 узгоджувати متوازن ہونا یا کرنا hài hoà 使
n harmoniˈzation, *harmoniˈsation
harmonisering خَلْق إنْسِجام ، مُلائَمَه، تَنْسيق хармонизиране harmonizace harmonisering der Einklang εναρμόνιση armonización harmoneerumine هماهنگ سازی harmonisointi harmonisation הִתמַזגוּת בְּהַרמוֹניָה सामंजस्यकरण harmonizacija, uskladenost összhangba hozás perpaduan samstilling; raddsetning, útsetning armonizzazione 調和化 조화 harmonizacija harmonizēšana; harmonizācija pengharmonian harmonisatie harmoni(sering), samklang harmonizacja harmonização ar­mo­nizare; potrivire гармонизация harmonizácia harmonizacija harmonizacija harmonisering, harmoniering การกลมกลืน uyumlama 協調 досягнення гармонії خوش آہنگی sự làm hài hoà; sự phối hoà âm


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It was poetry that inculcated laws and maxims; it was by the harmony of its lines that traditions were handed down at a time when memory had to supply the place of writing; and it was the first language of wisdom and of inspiration.
But on the following Friday he was waited upon by the Pillars of the Church, who informed him that in order to be in harmony with the New Theology and get full advantage of modern methods of Gospel interpretation they had deemed it advisable to make a change.
The first care of the rulers is to be education, of which an outline is drawn after the old Hellenic model, providing only for an improved religion and morality, and more simplicity in music and gymnastic, a manlier strain of poetry, and greater harmony of the individual and the State.
 
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