- [uncountable] (approving) a state of peaceful existence and agreement
- social/racial harmony
- in harmony They lived together in perfect harmony.
- in harmony with something the need to be in harmony with our environment
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Social issuesc1- On the surface their life was a model of domestic harmony.
- The Church tries to promote racial harmony.
- Many laws and customs are about social harmony.
- They try to foster harmony between different groups of people.
- These communities lived in greater harmony with the environment than modern urban societies.
- We pray that peace and harmony may soon return to this troubled nation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- perfect
- relative
- …
- achieve
- bring
- create
- …
- in harmony
- harmony between
- harmony with
- …
- a sense of harmony
- [uncountable, countable] (music) the way in which different notes that are played or sung together combine to make a pleasant sound
- in harmony to sing in harmony
- They began to sing in perfect four-part harmony.
- passionate lyrics and stunning vocal harmonies
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- musical
- vocal
- beautiful
- …
- in harmony
- [countable, uncountable] (approving) an attractive combination of related things
- the harmony of colour in nature
- The designer’s aim is to produce a harmony of shape and texture.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin harmonia ‘joining, concord’, from Greek, from harmos ‘joint’.
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