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DISCORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strife resulting from a lack of agreement
Synonyms:
discord; discordance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A harsh mixture of sounds
Synonyms:
discord; discordance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
dissonance (disagreeable sounds)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Disagreement among those expected to cooperate
Synonyms:
discord; dissension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discord"):
confrontation (discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions)
division; variance (discord that splits a group)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lack of agreement or harmony
Synonyms:
discord; strife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Derivation:
discord (be different from one another)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they discord ... he / she / it discords
Past simple: discorded
Past participle: discorded
-ing form: discording
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be different from one another
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "discord" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
discord (lack of agreement or harmony)
discordance (strife resulting from a lack of agreement)
discordant (not in agreement or harmony)
discordant (lacking in harmony)
