CEFR C1

concordance

noun

Meaning

An alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work, with references to the passages in which they occur.

Examples

Scholars often use a Shakespeare concordance to analyze his vocabulary and recurring themes.
The biblical concordance allowed me to quickly find every verse where the word 'faith' appeared.

Synonyms: index, directory, lexicon, gazetteer

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concordance (C1)

noun

Pronunciation: /kənˈkɔːrdəns/

Definition

An alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work, with references to the passages in which they occur.

Examples

Scholars often use a Shakespeare concordance to analyze his vocabulary and recurring themes.
The biblical concordance allowed me to quickly find every verse where the word 'faith' appeared.
Creating a concordance for a large digital archive can help researchers identify patterns in language use.

How to Use concordance

a concordance of (prepositional phrase): An agreement or harmony between elements. — "The design achieved a perfect concordance of function and aesthetics."
prepare a concordance (collocation): To compile an index of words in a text. — "The linguist spent years preparing a concordance for the ancient manuscript."

Synonyms of concordance

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Antonyms of concordance

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