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I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you wouldn't go. It's not congruent to who I am as a person, and it would be insincere, and it wouldn't be based on truth.
Riaad Moosa

Meaning of "congruent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONGRUENT

From Latin congruere to meet together, agree.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONGRUENT

congruent  [ˈkɒŋɡrʊənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONGRUENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Congruent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONGRUENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Congruence

Congruence is the state achieved by coming together, the state of agreement. The Latin congruō meaning “I meet together, I agree”. As an abstract term, congruence means similarity between objects. Congruence, as opposed to approximation, is a relation which implies a species of equivalence.

Definition of congruent in the English dictionary

The first definition of congruent in the dictionary is agreeing; corresponding; congruous. Other definition of congruent is having identical shapes so that all parts correspond. Congruent is also of or concerning two integers related by a congruence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONGRUENT


abluent
ˈæblʊənt
affluent
ˈæflʊənt
attenuant
əˈtɛnjʊənt
confluent
ˈkɒnflʊənt
constituent
kənˈstɪtjʊənt
continuant
kənˈtɪnjʊənt
deobstruent
diːˈɒbstrʊənt
diluent
ˈdɪljʊənt
effluent
ˈɛflʊənt
fluctuant
ˈflʌktjʊənt
incongruent
ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊənt
influent
ˈɪnflʊənt
interfluent
ɪnˈtɜːflʊənt
issuant
ˈɪʃjʊənt
mellifluent
mɪˈlɪflʊənt
noncongruent
ˌnɒnˈkɒŋɡrʊənt
obstruent
ˈɒbstrʊənt
reconstituent
ˌriːkənˈstɪtjʊənt
refluent
ˈrɛflʊənt
substituent
sʌbˈstɪtjʊənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONGRUENT

congressionally
Congressman
congressman-at-large
congressmen
Congressperson
Congresswoman
congresswomen
Congreve
congrue
congruence
congruency
congruently
congruity
congruous
congruously
congruousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONGRUENT

consequent
delinquent
diffluent
eloquent
eluent
fluent
frequent
grandiloquent
inconsequent
ineloquent
infrequent
juvenile delinquent
magniloquent
mass affluent
sequent
subaffluent
subsequent
suent
unfrequent
unguent

Synonyms and antonyms of congruent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONGRUENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «congruent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of congruent

Translation of «congruent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONGRUENT

Find out the translation of congruent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of congruent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «congruent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全等
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

congruentes
570 millions of speakers

English

congruent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुकूल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متطابقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конгруэнтна
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

congruente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বসম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conforme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kongruen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kongruent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

合同の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

합동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Congruent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thích đáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆகியவை முழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकरुप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyumlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

congruenti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przystające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конгруентна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

congruent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραλληλισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kongruent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kongruent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fallende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of congruent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGRUENT»

The term «congruent» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.769 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGRUENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about congruent

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2 QUOTES WITH «CONGRUENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word congruent.
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Peter Guber
Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.
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Riaad Moosa
I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you wouldn't go. It's not congruent to who I am as a person, and it would be insincere, and it wouldn't be based on truth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGRUENT»

Discover the use of congruent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to congruent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Discover Congruent and Similar Polygons
Learn how congruency, similarity and lines of symmetry apply to polygons.
Benchmark Education Company, Margaret McNamara, 2007
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Creating the Congruent Workplace: Challenges for People and ...
A call for thought balanced against action in the development of programs for organizational change, and a persuasive warning against compartmentalization and other mistakes that too often lead organizations to innovate themselves into ...
Lloyd C. Williams, 2002
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Quality Software Management: Congruent Action
Partial ContentsI Managing Yourself- Why Congruence Is Essential to Managing- Choosing Management- Styles of Coping- Transforming Incongruence into Congruence- Moving Toward CongruenceII Managing Others- Analyzing the Manager's Job- ...
Gerald M. Weinberg, 1994
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Effects of More- Versus Less-congruent Parental/child ...
Results of dependent sample t-tests indicated that regardless of grade level, congruence status, or model of analysis, no statistically significant differences (p
Charles R. Leone, 2008
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Critical Thinking Activities Geometry--Congruent, Similar, ...
Figures that have the same size and shape are said to be congruent. When figures are congruent, all the sides and all the angles are correspondingly equal. Examples of congruent figures are all around you. Identical picture frames, books , ...
Sylvia J. Connolly, 2014
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Guided Math Stretch: Congruent or Similar--Are They the Same?
Students should be able to quickly identify if two objects are congruent or similar and not congruent. They also need to understand that congruent shapes can be similar but similar shapes cannot be congruent. In this Stretch Snapshot, the ...
Lanney Sammons, Michelle Windham, 2014
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Thermodynamic Basis of Crystal Growth: P-T-X Phase ...
solid SnTe is greater than that of the liquid, the congruent melting curve S(SnTe) = L has a positive slope dP/dT. Hence, the congruent melting temperature for SnTe is lower than the maximum melting point, and the S(SnTe) = L curve touches ...
Jacob Greenberg, 2001
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Collocations in a Learner Corpus
less considered congruent. Two types of non-congruence were distinguished, lexical and non-lexical non-congruence. Expressions were considered lexically non-congruent if either the verb or the noun in question (or both) do not have a ...
Nadja Nesselhauf, 2005
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The Group of Classes of Congruent Matrices with Application ...
THE GROUP OF CLASSES OF CONGRUENT MATRICES WITH APPLICATION TO THE GROUP OF ISOMORPHISMS OF ANY ABELIAN GROUP* BY ARTHUR RANUM Introduction. An ordinary linear congruence group, or Jordan \ group, ...
Arthur Ranum, 1906
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Geometry: Identifying Congruent Figures Practice
Which figure is congruent to (has the same size and shape as) the figure above? (A) (B) (C) (D) 2. Look at this figure. Which figure is congruent to (has the same size and shape as) the figure above? (A) (B) (C) (D) 3. Look at this figure.
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGRUENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term congruent is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 tips for developing and mastering digital products in the arts
Consider your key messages as part of your content strategy and how you will create relevant, consistent and congruent campaigns across ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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John Jackson resigns from CMC Markets board of directors
Mr. Jackson joined the board of CMC Markets in 2005 on in a non-executive capacity, congruent to his main business interest, Astre Associates ... «LeapRate, Jul 15»
3
Genomic potential for arsenic efflux and methylation varies among …
Thus, the occurrence of phosphate acquisition genes is not congruent with 16S rRNA phylogeny (Martiny et al., 2006), but can be correlated ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Intrinsic sale allows Sanlam UK to post profit
Sanlam UK, the sole external investment partner in PSG since 2001, said it is only seeking now to “pursue investments congruent to and ... «FT Adviser, Jul 15»
5
Coal plants cloud future of energy
... energy vision," she notes recent decisions by the state Public Service Commission to bail out polluting coal plants are hardly congruent with ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
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FIFA may not be wrong — this time
So how can those numbers be congruent? Why did the German men make 1,750 percent more money than the U.S. women in back-to-back ... «The Garden City Telegram, Jul 15»
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EVSC, Teamsters Butt Heads Again
The bottom line is that this Board has the ultimate responsibility for those who work around our students, and they must also have the congruent ... «Tristatehomepage.com, Jul 15»
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The Chobani Experience: 5 Questions with CMO Peter McGuinness
McGuinness: The setting in Aspen, in the mountains, is a beautiful natural context congruent to our brand. It's a perfect fit for Chobani as the ... «brandchannel.com, Jul 15»
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Supreme Court's decisions unhinging some GOP candidates
Cruz's idea is congruent with the 1912 proposal of another rambunctious Ted, former president Theodore Roosevelt. Running as a full-throated ... «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»
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5 Ways To Kickstart Your Year
... are clear to anyone who might see your advert; it's a good idea to make sure your branding is congruent across all the media forms you use. «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Congruent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/congruent>. Apr 2024 ».
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