MEANING
1. Consistent with, compatible with, or fitting another idea, value, or circumstance.
2. Having exactly the same size and shape, though position or orientation may differ.
Use it for
testing whether a policy fits its stated goals; describing evidence consistent with an interpretation; distinguishing agreement from numerical equalitySeparates compatibility with an idea from exact sameness of size and shape. Academic functions: Comparison / Contrast.
Words that belong together
- congruent with the evidence
- congruent with stated values
- congruent goals
On the page
The proposed mechanism is congruent with the observations but is not uniquely established by them.
The review asks whether institutional practices are congruent with the organization’s stated values.
The proof establishes congruent triangles rather than merely similar triangles.
Congruent figures can occupy different positions while preserving the same size and shape.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- congruent
Usage notes
Congruent with is usual for agreement; congruent to/with occurs in geometry. More congruent is natural for degree of agreement, not exact geometric congruence. Register: formal. Commonness: uncommon (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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