an alphabetical list of the words (especially the important ones) present in a text or body of texts, usually with citations of the passages concerned or with the context displayed on a computer screen (尤指重要)语词索引 a concordance to the Bible. 《圣经》语词索引。
[mass noun](formal)agreement (正式)一致;协调,和谐 the concordance between the teams' research results. 各组调查结果的一致。 ■(Medicine)the inheritance by two related individuals (especially twins) of the same genetic characteristic, such as susceptibility to a disease (医)基因共同继承
verb
[with obj.][often as adj. concordanced]make a concordance of 把…编成语词索引 the value of concordanced information. 已编成索引的资料的价值。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin concordantia, from concordant- 'being of one mind' (see concordant)