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   concordance

   /kənˈkɔːd(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. an alphabetical list of the words (especially the important ones) present in a text, usually with citations of the passages in which they are found: "a concordance to the Bible"
   • ▪ a generated list of instances in which a particular word occurs in a digital corpus, typically with the context also provided: "clicking on any word in the source text produces a concordance"
   • 2. agreement or consistency: formal "the concordance between the teams' research results"
   • 3. the inheritance by two related individuals (especially twins) of the same genetic characteristic, such as susceptibility to a disease.

   verb

   • 1. make a concordance of (a text): "his works are extremely well-known and have been concordanced"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin concordantia, from concordant- ‘being of one mind’ (see concordant).

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