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Meaning of "congruous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONGRUOUS

From Latin congruus suitable, harmonious.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONGRUOUS

congruous  [ˈkɒŋɡrʊəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONGRUOUS

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

WHAT DOES CONGRUOUS 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 congruous in the English dictionary

The definition of congruous in the dictionary is corresponding or agreeing. Other definition of congruous is suitable; appropriate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONGRUOUS


ambiguous
æmˈbɪɡjʊəs
arduous
ˈɑːdjʊəs
Bourse
bʊəs
conspicuous
kənˈspɪkjʊəs
contiguous
kənˈtɪɡjʊəs
continuous
kənˈtɪnjʊəs
deciduous
dɪˈsɪdjʊəs
discontinuous
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəs
incongruous
ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəs
menstruous
ˈmenstrʊəs
monstruous
ˈmɒnstrʊəs
sensuous
ˈsɛnsjʊəs
strenuous
ˈstrɛnjʊəs
sumptuous
ˈsʌmptjʊəs
superfluous
suːˈpɜːflʊəs
tenuous
ˈtɛnjʊəs
tumultuous
tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs
unambiguous
ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəs
virtuous
ˈvɜːtʃʊəs
voluptuous
vəˈlʌptjʊəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONGRUOUS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONGRUOUS

assiduous
contemptuous
discontiguous
disingenuous
fatuous
impetuous
incestuous
inconspicuous
infructuous
ingenuous
innocuous
mellifluous
noncontiguous
perspicuous
presumptuous
sinuous
tempestuous
tortuous
unctuous
vacuous

Synonyms and antonyms of congruous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONGRUOUS»

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

Translation of «congruous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONGRUOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

一致性的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

congruente
570 millions of speakers

English

congruous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुताबिक़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مطابق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вяжется
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

congruente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানানসই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

congruent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Congruous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

deckend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

適合する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

congruous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Congruous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thích nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முழுமையும் பொருத்தமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समकक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

münasip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

congruo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

współgrają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в´яжеться
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

congruente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρμονική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

congruous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kongruent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

congruous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of congruous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGRUOUS»

The term «congruous» is regularly used and occupies the 94.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGRUOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «congruous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «congruous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGRUOUS»

Discover the use of congruous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to congruous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Source Book in Medieval Science
Let AB be a square number and BG a congruous number, and let CD be equal to number BG [Fig. 8]. Therefore, AG and AD will be square numbers; A 8 G B Fig. 8 and let us assume a certain square number E. I say that the product of the ...
Edward Grant, 1974
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical ...
Two numbers, p and q, are congruous with respect to a third number n, when their difference is exactly divisible by that num- ? . — is a ber , that is, when the expression - whole number. Thus 12 and 7 are congru- 12-7 oiis with respect to 5 , ...
Charles Davies, 1872
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Mādhavanidāna (extraits). Traduction anglaise
congruous (types) ;" fr. Su.Su. 35, 24 : "The fire, mentioned previously, maturates the food. It is of four types : there is one (type) when it is not attained by a morbific entity, and there are three types when it has entered into a morbidly altered ...
‎1974
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Contemplating Corporate Marketing, Identity and Communication
salt supplier, the congruous group preferred the first (incongruous) supplier more than the incongruous group, although this difference was only significant at the 10 per cent level. Consequently, the first hypothesis – 'Buying companies that ...
Klement Podnar, John Balmer, 2014
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Affect, Cognition and Change: Re-Modelling Depressive Thought
Until now we have focused primarily on mood-congruous retrieval. This is only one of two aspects of mood-congruous memory that can be distinguished: Mood- congruous Encoding. In this phenomenon material is subsequently better recalled ...
Philip Barnard, John Teasdale, 2014
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Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: Foundations of Social ...
Summary The results of the four experiments reported show that deliberative and implemental mind-sets tune people's cognitive functioning so that congruous thoughts become readily accessible and congruous information is processed ...
Richard M. Sorrentino, Edward Tory Higgins, 1990
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Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and ...
Thomas and Ockham have different views on the nature of congruous merit. Thomas not only uses the term “congruous merit” in the context of the very loose sort of merit that can be attributed to acts that are performed without charity, but he ...
Thomas M. Osborne Jr., 2014
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Inflectional Morphology and Naturalness
which was not system congruous for nonneuters. In case inflection, the Icelandic class in the plural followed a distinction type that was widespread in the system. In the singular, apart from the special dative form, it corresponded to the also ...
Wolfgang Ullrich Wurzel, 1989
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Euclid's Elements. Vol. II.: Containing the Seventh, Eighth, ...
J EH is an Apo- Tome, and H L congruous thereto. After the fame Man- fter we demonftrate that HM alfo is congruous to it: Therefore more than one right Line, being Commenfurable only in Power to the whole, is congruous to an Apo* tome,  ...
Euclid, 1745
10
Advances in Nervous System Trauma Research and Treatment: ...
New research, 'Traumatic vertebral artery dissection presenting with incomplete congruous homonymous quadrantanopia,' is the subject of a report. “To describe a rare presentation of vertebral artery dissection (VAD) as a small but congruous  ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGRUOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term congruous is used in the context of the following news items.
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House performance lackluster yet again
“The House currently has another six that are being made congruous. They are scheduled to be passed by the end of this year,” the Gerindra ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
2
Dolls Also Have A Story To Tell
Weight of practices lend them a depth of meaning that often are congruous with the perceived harmony of the system. It reminds me of the ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
3
Institutional Investors have a large stake in these stocks: Puma …
Given that institutional investors controlled trillions of dollars of funds under delegated management, it seems in congruous that there is still no ... «Investor Wired, Jul 15»
4
Still Being Kobe
... the same busted-ass 37-year-old who can spout off with a straight face that it's totally congruous to still be super, duper serious about winning ... «VICE, Jul 15»
5
Institutional Ownership is High in these Stocks: DSW Inc. (DSW …
Given that institutional investors controlled trillions of dollars of funds under delegated management, it seems in congruous that there is still no ... «Investor Wired, Jun 15»
6
Beasts And Bureaucrats: A Trip To Satpura National Park
And the calls from the wild provided congruous music! The next morning, we discovered that Satpura National Park offers five types of safaris ... «Huffington Post India, Jun 15»
7
Institutional Investors have a large stake in these stocks: Murphy Oil …
Given that institutional investors controlled trillions of dollars of funds under delegated management, it seems in congruous that there is still no ... «Investor Wired, Jun 15»
8
Charles Correa And The Power Of The Innards
Kanchenjunga, with its bungalows in the sky, brings in the light and the wind, but not the heat, its boxy verandas more congruous with its hot, ... «Huffington Post India, Jun 15»
9
An Update on Kidney Donations and Halacha
It is not that they disagree with the Radbaz, but it is that they believe that the situation is no longer congruous to that of the Radbaz. «Yeshiva World News, Jun 15»
10
Institutional Investors have a large stake in these stocks: Cameron …
Given that institutional investors controlled trillions of dollars of funds under delegated management, it seems in congruous that there is still no ... «Investor Wired, Jun 15»

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