n.
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ˈdɪskɔːd/
- lack of agreement or harmony.
- Music lack of harmony between notes sounding together.
▸a chord which is regarded as displeasing or requiring resolution by another.
▸any interval except unison, an octave, a perfect fifth or fourth, a major or minor third and sixth, or their octaves.
v.
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dɪsˈkɔːd/
archaic disagree.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. descord (n.), descorder (v.), from L. discordare, from discors ‘discordant’, from dis- (expressing negation) + cor, cord- ‘heart’.