| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Harmonious mutual understanding: accord, agreement, concord, concordance, concurrence, consonance, harmony, rapport, unity. Idioms: meeting of the minds. See AGREE. 2. Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds: accord, concert, concord, harmony, symphony. Music : consonance. See BEAUTIFUL. 3. A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit: air, aria, melody, strain2. Obsolete : note. See SOUNDS. | | VERB: | 1. To alter for proper functioning. Also used with up: adjust, fix, regulate, set1. Music : attune. See CHANGE, HELP. 2. To bring into accord: accommodate, attune, conform, coordinate, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile. See AGREE. 3. Archaic. To utter words or sounds in musical tones: carol, chant, sing, vocalize. See SOUNDS.
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