harmony

Definition

Agreement or accord.

Etymology

First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). Doublet of harmonia.

Example Sentences

• "December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweekk America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead."
• "I did not know anything more about music,only about finger exercises, difficult tasks, contradictions in the theory of harmony, and tedious piano lessons from a sarcastic teacher who saw in my […]"
• "a harmony of the Gospels"

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