Concorde
pronunciation
How to pronounce Concorde in British English:
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Word Origin
- Concorde (n.)
- supersonic passenger airliner, operating from 1976 to 2003, from French concorde, literally "harmony, agreement" (see concord), reflecting the Anglo-French collaborative agreement that produced it.
Example
- 1. The concorde , like nearly all current commercial aircraft , put the engines beneath the wings .
- 2. Yet despite the withdrawal from service of concorde in 2003 , the dream of supersonic flight has not died .
- 3. The shockwave is noisy , but it can also cause structural damage , and in the concorde 's case , the u.s. wasn 't having it .
- 4. Boeing and lockheed martin have submitted futuristic concepts that look similar to the concorde , but aim to muffle the annoying and potentially damaging sonic boom problem .
- 5. It could arrive in new york earlier in the day than it left london -- ' a possibility not normally given to human beings , ' mr. frost observed in an interview following the crash of a concorde in 2000 .