Consonance

  • 31consonance — Synonyms and related words: accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, alliteration, assent, assonance, attune, attunement, blank verse, calm, chime, chiming, chorus, clink, coherence, coincidence, compatibility, concentus, concert, concord,… …

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  • 32consonance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. agreement, harmony; unity, accordance, concord. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Harmonious mutual understanding: accord, agreement, concord, concordance, concurrence, harmony, rapport, tune, unity.… …

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  • 33consonance — con·so·nance || kÉ’nsÉ™nÉ™ns n. correspondence of sounds, harmony among components …

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  • 34consonance — [ kɒns(ə)nəns] noun 1》 agreement or compatibility. 2》 the recurrence of similar sounding consonants, especially in prosody. 3》 Music a harmonious combination of notes. Origin ME: from OFr., or from L. consonantia, from consonant , consonare (see… …

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  • 35consonance — n.; (also consonancy) 1. Concord, accord, harmony. 2. Consistency, congruity, congruence, agreement, unison, accord, accordance …

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  • 36consonance — n 1. accord, concord, concordance, consonancy; agreement, accordance, conformity, conformance, conformation; correspondence, correspondency, congruity, congruence, congruousness; unanimity, consentience, consentaneity, consentane ousness, like… …

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  • 37consonance — con·so·nance …

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  • 38consonance — con•so•nance [[t]ˈkɒn sə nəns[/t]] also con′so•nan•cy n. 1) accord or agreement 2) correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds 3) mad a simultaneous combination of musical tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose Compare… …

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  • 39consonance — /ˈkɒnsənəns / (say konsuhnuhns) noun 1. accord or agreement. 2. correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds. 3. Music a simultaneous combination of notes conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose (opposite of dissonance). Also,… …

  • 40consonance —   n. agreement; harmony.    ♦ consonant,    ♦ consonous, a.    ♦ consonate, v.t. sound in harmony …

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