concordance (redirected from concordances)

con·cor·dance  (kn-kôrdns)

n.

1. Agreement; concord.

2. An alphabetical index of all the words in a text or corpus of texts, showing every contextual occurrence of a word: a concordance of Shakespeare's works.

3. Genetics The presence of a given trait in both members of a pair of twins.

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concordance

Noun

1. a state of harmony or agreement

2. an alphabetical list of words in a literary work, with the context and often the meaning

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	concordance - 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 concord, harmony 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"
	2.	concordance - agreement of opinions harmony, concord agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
	3.	concordance - an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts index - an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed