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concordance

verb [T]
 
 
/kənˈkɔː.dəns/ US  /-ˈkɔːr-/ specialized

Definition

to collect all the words used in a book or a writer's work into a book or list in alphabetical order, with information about where the words can be found and in which sentences: We've got a computer program which will concordance newspaper texts.Classifying and creating order
(Definition of concordance verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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