Chord definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Chord definition: A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'chord'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× chord (kɔːʳd ) Wordforms:pluralchords 1. countablenoun Achordisanumberofmusicalnotesplayedorsungatthesametimewithapleasingeffect. ...theopeningchordsof'StairwaytoHeaven'.[+of] 2. Seealsovocalcords 3. Seetostrikeachord COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof chord Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'chord' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'chambre' HindiTranslationof'chord' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency chordinBritishEnglish1 (kɔːd ) noun1. mathematicsa. astraightlineconnectingtwopointsonacurveorcurvedsurface b. thelinesegmentlyingbetweentwopointsofintersectionofastraightlineandacurveorcurvedsurface 2. engineering oneoftheprincipalmembersofatruss,esponethatliesalongthetoporthebottom 3. anatomyavariantspellingofcord 4. anemotionalresponse,esponeofsympathy thestorystrucktherightchord 5. animaginarystraightlinejoiningtheleadingedgeandthetrailingedgeofanaerofoil 6. archaic thestringofamusicalinstrument CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformschorded(ˈchorded)adjective WordoriginC16:fromLatinchorda,fromGreekkhordēgut,string;seecord WordFrequency chordinBritishEnglish2 (kɔːd ) noun1. thesimultaneoussoundingofagroupofmusicalnotes,usuallythreeormoreinnumber Seeconcord(sense4),discord(sense3) verb2. (transitive) toprovide(amelodicline)withchords CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformschordal(ˈchordal)adjective WordoriginC15:shortforaccord;spellinginfluencedbychord1 WordFrequency chordinAmericanEnglish1 (kɔrd ) noun1. Archaic thestringofamusicalinstrument 2.  afeelingoremotionthoughtofasbeingplayedonlikethestringofaharp tostrikeasympatheticchord 3. Aeronauticsa.  animaginarystraightlineextendingdirectlythroughanairfoilfromtheleadingtothetrailingedge b.  thelengthofsuchaline 4. Anatomy cord(sense5) 5. Engineering aprincipalhorizontalmemberinarigidframework,asofabridge 6. Geometry astraightlinesegmentjoininganytwopointsonanarc,curve,orcircumferenceseealsosecant(sense2) Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Wordoriginaltered(infl.byLchorda)