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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•so•nance /ˈkɑnsənəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- accord or agreement.
- correspondence of sounds;
harmony of sounds. - Poetrya repetition of consonants, esp. those after a stressed vowel, as in march, lurch, but often of all the consonants, as in stick, stuck. Compare alliteration (def. 1).
See -son-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•so•nance (kon′sə nəns),USA pronunciation n. - accord or agreement.
- correspondence of sounds;
harmony of sounds. - Music and Dancea simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose. Cf. dissonance (def. 2). See illus. under resolution.
- Poetry[Pros.]
- Poetrythe correspondence of consonants, esp. those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse. Cf. alliteration (def. 1).
- Poetrythe use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.
- Physicsthe property of two sounds the frequencies of which have a ratio equal to a small whole number.
Also, con′so•nan•cy. - Latin consonantia concord. See consonant, -ance
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English (1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged concord, harmony, correspondence.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissonance.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: consonance /ˈkɒnsənəns/ n ( pl -nances, -nancies)- agreement, harmony, or accord
- similarity between consonants, but not between vowels, as between the s and t sounds in sweet silent thought
- an aesthetically pleasing sensation or perception associated with the interval of the octave, the perfect fourth and fifth, the major and minor third and sixth, and chords based on these intervals
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