HARMONY


Meaning of HARMONY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

racial harmony (= when people of different races live or work together and trust each other )

Dr King's dream of racial harmony has never been fully realized.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

perfect

Here man and nature have achieved perfect harmony .

Whatever the species, there is never perfect harmony and peace.

They sang in perfect harmony , although I dare say Alex Ferguson will complain about the pitch.

It no longer functions to modulate all the elements into perfect harmony .

Timotei Moisturiser is able to nurture the softness of your skin by working in perfect harmony with it.

If Daley was reactionary and stubborn, he was in perfect harmony with his town.

In the future, perhaps all groups will be yin and yang: in perfect harmony .

Always the sky imposes its moods and the landscape beneath responds in perfect harmony .

racial

Local authorities also have a specific duty to carry out their functions in such a way as will promote racial harmony .

Back in class, Miss Grimhle gave a lecture on racial harmony .

The account, I consider, is not conducive to professional or racial harmony .

The centre has promoted racial harmony .

Ordinarily. the city was a model of racial harmony .

Read Charles Evers' book and hold him up as a model of racial harmony .

social

The apparent social harmony of the mid-century could be attributed to Britain's economic success in these years.

The invisible hand merely symbolizes the true orchestrator of social harmony , the free market.

The economy consists of individuals seeking prosperity, yet most of its laws and many of its customs are about social harmony .

Why, then, is social conflict rather than social harmony escalating?

Like Marxism-Leninism, it entertains a sublime vision of human potential for social harmony and individual fulfilment.

If only children did not hold strong ideas, disagreement and conflict would evaporate in the sunshine of social harmony .

vocal

Anderson shares the bill with Justina &038; Joyce, famed for their lush vocal harmonies accompanied by guitar and lap dulcimer.

Decades later, its winning vocal harmonies and spirited musical style still has a palpable impact.

■ VERB

achieve

Here man and nature have achieved perfect harmony .

Reconciliation implies the need to achieve harmony by making different objectives compatible.

When do we need to achieve balance and harmony within ourselves?

One of the best ways to achieve this harmony is through breathing.

I suppose it takes years for two cultures to achieve perfect harmony .

bring

Also it promotes that holistic sense of the whole of life's experience being brought into harmony , including the discords.

On the other hand, Mozart and Bach bring harmony and lightness, as well as a state of calm and order.

It is as though the historic opponents of medieval times, the aristocrats and the guildsmen, had been brought together in harmony .

create

Alone each musician is noise. yet with the guidance of the conductor, an orchestra creates music and harmonies .

When choosing an editor, chose an orchestra leader-an expert to help you create harmony from content and style.

It also creates an atmosphere of harmony with friends.

In Example 105 Schoenberg creates a beautifully delicate harmony , which seems to float along on a distant astral plane.

live

Rainforest-dwelling people have learnt to live in harmony with their environment.

The house was a happier place without him, and the three of us lived together in remarkable harmony .

As a man with agricultural interests you will appreciate the importance of living in harmony with nature and of conserving the environment.

Normally solitary characters, after infection these animals lived in harmony with each other, mating and raising many pups.

At the same time Red Deer taught me to live in harmony with the animals.

But what can you do if you're not living in harmony with them?

When two parties live in harmony , neither makes much fuss and mutual dependence may pass unobserved.

promote

Local authorities also have a specific duty to carry out their functions in such a way as will promote racial harmony .

Aren't there cheaper and more fruitful ways of promoting harmony between nations?

Nor, says Mr Imai, should they be allowed to write off the exorbitant sums they spend on promoting group-wide harmony .

The centre has promoted racial harmony .

restore

Without women men revert to animals, without men women could heal and restore to harmony a world raped and ravaged.

Thus homoeopathy seeks to restore the organism to harmony and balance.

It can be useful to refer to something you all have in common, which may restore a feeling of harmony .

Mr Christie immediately pledged to try to restore trust and harmony to the club's warring board.

work

Your skin asks for a gentle moisturiser that works in harmony with its own natural properties.

And yet all work in harmony and harm no one.

Timotei Moisturiser is able to nurture the softness of your skin by working in perfect harmony with it.

The last two options working in harmony make perfect sense.

With a number of teams in different departments working in harmony anything can be achieved.

But it's important to make sure all the fabrics in the different layers work in harmony together.

But John Gittins has never lost sight of the fact that man must work in harmony with nature.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

All first year music students are required to take a class in harmony .

four-part harmony

The harmonies in her symphonies are wonderfully rich.

We sat down and talked in an effort to restore family harmony .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A few weeks later, Christine McVie was brought in to add a few keyboard and harmony vocal parts.

Also it promotes that holistic sense of the whole of life's experience being brought into harmony , including the discords.

But the apparent harmony was that of a ballroom Beirut.

In the conventional sense of the word, which conveys some sort of harmony with the natural world, it certainly was.

Music is music: melody, harmony , rhythm and texture.

The High Elves possess a great respect for their land and build their cities in harmony with nature as much as possible.

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