How to pronounce chord
American English pronunciation
KORD
- IPA
- /ˈkɔɹd/
- Syllables
- KORD (1 syllable)
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What chord means
A group of music notes played together at the same time
In a sentence: Lucas strummed his very first chord on the guitar.
Where it comes from: It is another spelling of cord. It goes back to a Greek word for a string, like the strings on an old harp called a lyre.
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Another meaning
A straight line joining two points on a circle
In a sentence: Ava used her ruler to draw a chord across the circle, from one edge to the other.
Where it comes from: It started as another spelling of cord, a string. It goes back to a Greek word for the gut string of a lyre.
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