congruent
pronunciation
How to pronounce congruent in British English:
UK [ˈkɒŋgruənt]
How to pronounce congruent in American English:
US [ˈkɑŋgruənt]
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- Adjective:
- corresponding in character or kind
- coinciding when superimposed
Word Origin
- congruent
- congruent: [15] Etymologically, triangles that are congruent ‘come together’ or ‘agree’ – that is, are similar. The word comes from congruēns, the present participle of Latin congruere ‘come together, meet, agree’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and a verb, *gruere, not found elsewhere (some have linked it with Latin ruere ‘fall’ – ultimate source of English ruin – in which case congruere would have meant literally ‘fall together’, but others have seen a connection with Greek zakhrēēs ‘attacking violently’). Incongruous is a 17thcentury adoption from Latin incongruus.
- congruent (adj.)
- early 15c., "suitable, proper," from Latin congruentem (nominative congruens) "agreeing, fit, suitable," present participle of congruere, literally "to come together, agree, correspond with," from com- "with" (see com-) + a lost verb *gruere, *ruere "fall, rush," perhaps from PIE *ghrei- "to rub, grind" (see chrism). Geometry sense attested by 1706.
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Example
- 1. Factors which affect emotion congruent effects .
- 2. A statement that two quantities are congruent .
- 3. It 's possible if all of those different areas of your life are congruent , if they all follow the same rules .
- 4. That is the first critical step to building out your actions and behaviors so they are congruent with whom you say you want to be .
- 5. To stack the odds in our favor we therefore need to take into account each one of the three methodologies and hopefully find them to be congruent , meaning that they all point in the same direction .