consonance

CEFRC1

/ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Agreement or harmony between people or things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.

Examples

  • Their voices blended in perfect consonance during the song.

  • Consonance added to the musical quality.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.

More examples

In context

  • The poem featured consonance and rhyme.

  • Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.