concordant
- adjective
- /kənˈkɔrdənt/
- Her feelings about the project were concordant with the team's vision, creating a harmonious atmosphere.
- highly concordant
Examples
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The ratings given by the six informants were highly concordant (Kendall's W = .67).
Academic text (2000) -
One might expect concordant changes in the benthic community as well.
Academic text (2002) -
Getting in touch with yourself helps you set these kind of concordant goals.
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So what we'll do is this, we will look at the number of events that are concordant up to a particular point.
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Thus, 11 of 13 were concordant by the two methods.
Academic text (2000) -
They usually don't talk about doing things because it's concordant or consistent with values that they hold.
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Educational and consumer safety services have been designed to be concordant with the demographic and socioeconomic needs of both the food service industry and the general citizenry.
Academic text (2004) -
One study found that 60% of monozygotic twins were concordant for autism, and 92% for ASDs.
Blog text (28) -
The two reports were concordant, showing that the results matched perfectly.
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He made a concordant decision that aligned with the overall goals of the organization.
Synonyms
Showing the same style or pattern that fits together well
Agreeing with someone or fitting well with something
People who live and work together peacefully
In line with rules or facts
A thing that is in agreement with another idea or fits its ideas
Being a good match with something else
In agreement with a rule or standard
Agreeing with rules, plans, or beliefs
How Consistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word concordant comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and cord 'heart', so it originally meant 'with one heart'. Think of accord, a word that means 'to agree', and you can see why concordant means 'in agreement' or 'harmonious'.