1. The process or technique of creating a concordance, especially using computer software to analyze and index words in a text or corpus.
Usage: linguistics; computational linguistics; digital humanities

1. To create a concordance of; to analyze text using concordancing software or methods.
Usage: linguistics; computational linguistics

Examples

• Concordancing software helps linguists identify patterns in how words are used across large text collections.
• The researcher used concordancing to track the frequency of specific terms in Shakespeare's plays.
• Concordancing is an essential tool in corpus linguistics for studying language variation.
• By concordancing the historical documents, scholars discovered shifts in vocabulary over time.
• Language teachers employ concordancing to create authentic example sentences for their students.
• The team spent weeks concordancing the interview transcripts to identify recurring themes.