Meaning of "discord" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISCORD

From Old French descort, from descorder to disagree, from Latin discordāre, from discors at variance, from dis-1 + cor heart.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DISCORD

discord  [ˈdɪskɔːd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCORD

Discord is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb discord in English.

WHAT DOES DISCORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of discord in the English dictionary

The first definition of discord in the dictionary is lack of agreement of harmony; strife. Other definition of discord is harsh confused mingling of sounds. Discord is also to disagree; clash.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCORD

PRESENT

Present

I discord

you discord

he/she/it discords

we discord

you discord

they discord

Present continuous

I am discording

you are discording

he/she/it is discording

we are discording

you are discording

they are discording

Present perfect

I have discorded

you have discorded

he/she/it has discorded

we have discorded

you have discorded

they have discorded

Present perfect continuous

I have been discording

you have been discording

he/she/it has been discording

we have been discording

you have been discording

they have been discording

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I discorded

you discorded

he/she/it discorded

we discorded

you discorded

they discorded

Past continuous

I was discording

you were discording

he/she/it was discording

we were discording

you were discording

they were discording

Past perfect

I had discorded

you had discorded

he/she/it had discorded

we had discorded

you had discorded

they had discorded

Past perfect continuous

I had been discording

you had been discording

he/she/it had been discording

we had been discording

you had been discording

they had been discording

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will discord

you will discord

he/she/it will discord

we will discord

you will discord

they will discord

Future continuous

I will be discording

you will be discording

he/she/it will be discording

we will be discording

you will be discording

they will be discording

Future perfect

I will have discorded

you will have discorded

he/she/it will have discorded

we will have discorded

you will have discorded

they will have discorded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been discording

you will have been discording

he/she/it will have been discording

we will have been discording

you will have been discording

they will have been discording

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would discord

you would discord

he/she/it would discord

we would discord

you would discord

they would discord

Conditional continuous

I would be discording

you would be discording

he/she/it would be discording

we would be discording

you would be discording

they would be discording

Conditional perfect

I would have discord

you would have discord

he/she/it would have discord

we would have discord

you would have discord

they would have discord

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been discording

you would have been discording

he/she/it would have been discording

we would have been discording

you would have been discording

they would have been discording

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you discord
we let´s discord
you discord

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to discord

Past participle

discorded

Present Participle

discording

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DISCORD»

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

synonyms of discord

cacophony · conflict · contention · difference · din · disagreement · discordance · disharmony · dispute · dissension · dissonance · disunity · division · friction · harshness · incompatibility · jangle · jarring · opposition · racket · row · strife · tumult · variance · wrangling

TRANSLATION OF DISCORD

Find out the translation of discord to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of discord from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «discord» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 不和
• Translator English - Spanish: discordia
• English: discord
• Translator English - Hindi: कलह
• Translator English - Arabic: الفتنة
• Translator English - Russian: разлад
• Translator English - Portuguese: discórdia
• Translator English - Bengali: অনৈক্য
• Translator English - French: discorde
• Translator English - Malay: Percanggahan
• Translator English - German: Zwietracht
• Translator English - Japanese: 不和
• Translator English - Korean: 불일치
• Translator English - Javanese: Prakara
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự chia rẻ
• Translator English - Tamil: கூறின
• Translator English - Marathi: विसंगती
• Translator English - Turkish: anlaşmazlık
• Translator English - Italian: disaccordo
• Translator English - Polish: niezgoda
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розлади
• Translator English - Romanian: discordie
• Translator English - Greek: διχόνοια
• Translator English - Afrikaans: onenigheid
• Translator English - Swedish: disharmoni
• Translator English - Norwegian: splid

10 QUOTES WITH «DISCORD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word discord.

1

Susan B. Anthony

An oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters of every household... carries discord and rebellion into every home of the nation.

2

Emanuel Celler

It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens.

3

Henry B. Eyring

Discord or jealousy inhibits the ability of the Holy Ghost to teach us and inhibits our ability to receive light and truth. And the feelings of disappointment that invariably follow are the seeds of greater discord and faultfinding among those who expected a learning experience that did not come.

4

Jean Giraudoux

Agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord.

5

Robert Grosseteste

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.

6

Eric Holder

I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning the actions of looters, vandals and others seeking to inflame tensions and sow discord.

7

Chris Jordan

All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives.

8

Candice Olson

I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.

9

Bryan Procter

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.

10

Sallust

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCORD»

Discover the use of discord in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discord and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Discord: The Story of Noise

Examines the science and history of the battle between people and noise, investigates how increasing noise levels relate to human progress, and shows how it can be used positively.

Mike Goldsmith, 2012

After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World ...

This book is a comprehensive study of cooperation among the advanced capitalist countries.

Robert O. Keohane, 2005

Discord

Lieutenant Maria Sanchez, head of the Homicide Division in the Satin Valley Police Department (SVPD) in California, USA, and Detective Chief Inspector Colin Lee of London's Metropolitan CID, collaborate to investigate a possible link ...

Mansell Williams, 2011

Citizens of Discord: Rome and Its Civil Wars

Civil wars, more than other wars, sear themselves into the memory of societies that suffer them. This is particularly true at Rome, where in a period of 150 years the Romans fought four epochal wars against themselves.

Brian Breed, Cynthia Damon, Andreola Rossi, 2010

Kentucky: Decades of Discord, 1865-1900

The most thorough and ambitious study yet made of this significant and turbulent period in Kentucky's history. Over 70 pictures and maps recreate the atmosphere of the times.

Hambleton Tapp, James C. Klotter, 1977

Seeds of Discord

Weighing Allied moods and movements from June 1940 to November 1942, the author maintains De Gaulle's current disdain for "the Anglo-Saxons" springs from that bitter alliance.

Dorothy Shipley White, 1964

Mapping Discord: Allegorical Cartography in Early Modern ...

Mapping Discord examines a series of allegorical maps published in France during the seventeenth century that cast in spatial terms a number of heated aesthetic and social debates.

Jeffrey N. Peters, 2004

Guantánamo: the bay of discord

This occupied territory is the U.S. military base of Guantanamo. This book by Cuban journalist Roger Ricardo provides a detailed history of the U.S. base from the beginning of the century to the present day.

Roger Ricardo, Roger Ricardo Luis, 1994

Selves in Discord and Resolve: Kierkegaard's Moral-religious ...

In Selves in Discord and Resolve, Edward Mooney examines the Wittgensteinian and deconstructive accounts of subjectivity to illuminate the rich legacy left by Kierkegaard's representation of the self in modes of self-understanding and self ...

Edward F. Mooney, 1996

Song in an Age of Discord: The Journal of Sōchō and Poetic ...

This is a companion volume to the author's translation of Saiokuken Socho's The Journal of Socho (Stanford, 2002).

H. Mack Horton, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCORD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discord is used in the context of the following news items.

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Discord Inside Troika As IMF, EU Nations Question Germany

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Discord at SAARC literary fest

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Interest rate discord delays $7.5 billion Chinese loans for Bangladesh

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Our View: No one looks good in discord over NFA contract

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Enormous discord!

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