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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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chord

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chord has 2 senses

chord(n = noun.shape) - a straight line connecting two points on a curve;

is a kind of

straight line

chord(n = noun.communication) - a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together;

has particulars: arpeggio, sforzando, common chord, triad, seventh chord

Derived forms verb chord₂, verb chord₁, adjective chordal₁

Verb chord has 2 senses

chord(v = verb.creation) - play chords on (a string instrument);

is one way to

play

Derived form noun chord₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

chord(v = verb.change) harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing;

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived form noun chord₂

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chord, n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. chordh`. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See Cord.].

The string of a musical instrument. Milton. [1913 Webster]
A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. [1913 Webster]
A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. [1913 Webster]
A cord. See Cord, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. [1913 Webster]

Accidental, Common, chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. -- Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. -- Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. -- Scale of chords. See Scale.

chord, v. t.

To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. [1913 Webster]
"When Jubal struck the chorded shell." [1913 Webster]

"Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp." [1913 Webster]

chord, v. i.

To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chord, n. Mus. a group of (usu. three or more) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony.

Derivative

chordal adj.

chord, n.
1 Math. & Aeron. etc. a straight line joining the ends of an arc, the wings of an aeroplane, etc.
2 Anat. = CORD.
3 poet. the string of a harp etc.
4 Engin. one of the two principal members, usu. horizontal, of a truss.

Idiom

strike a chord
1 recall something to a person's memory.
2 elicit sympathy. touch the right chord appeal skilfully to the emotions.

Derivative

chordal adj.

Etymology

16th-c. refashioning of CORD after L chorda

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THESAURUS

chord
accompany, accord, air line, arpeggio, assonate, atone, attune, axis, be harmonious, be in tune, beeline, blend, broken chord, caring, catgut, chime, common chord, concento, concern, concertize, concord, consonant chord, diagonal, diameter, diminished seventh chord, direct line, directrix, do, dominant chord, echo, edge, empathy, enharmonic, execute, fellow feeling, fiddlestring, great-circle course, harmonize, horsehair, identification, interpret, involvement, major triad, make music, melodize, minor chord, musicalize, normal, nylon string, pathos, perform, perpendicular, play, play by ear, put in tune, radius, radius vector, relating, render, response, responsiveness, right line, secant, segment, seventh chord, sharing, shortcut, side, sixth chord, sound in tune, sound together, steel string, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, string, sympathetic chord, sympathetic response, sympathy, symphonize, synchronize, tangent, tone down, tone up, tonic triad, transversal, triad, tune, tune up, unbroken chord, vector, vibes, vibrations, voice, wound string