consonance
IPA: kˈɑnsʌnʌns
noun
- (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
- (chiefly music) Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.
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Examples of "consonance" in Sentences
- Assonance and consonance are types of alliteration.
- These titles are more in consonance with the content.
- This is in consonance with the guidelines of Wikipedia.
- There's a difference between consistency and consonance.
- In other words, duration of BRM should be in consonance with the requirement of time to sufficiently discuss all technical issues raised.
- We will review the order carefully and issue appropriate guidance to ensure that we continue to act in consonance with the law and with policy direction.
- So the "key aspirations" of egalitarian liberals and social conservatives are "broadly in consonance" with ruining the lives of poor immigrants in order to cut native-born yuppies down to size?
- This despite the fact that the solution is broadly in consonance with the key aspirations of egalitarian liberals and social conservatives alike: the solution, of course, is to reverse the steady shift from household production to market production.
- Perhaps because it was in consonance with Nazi doctrine and "efficiency" promulgated by the German High Command such as was reflected in a message received by Adolf Diekmann, the commander of the Nazi troops that committed the Oradour atrocities, on the eve of that massacre:
- I believe Buzz is referring to the relatively (last 10-15 years) recent spate of film and tv SF with photorealistic (or, let's say, extremely slick) visual effects that inevitably and by nature of the format and genre, compress action and timescales in consonance with bite-size time and attention spans.