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congruent

adjective/ˈkɒŋgruənt/

B2CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Matching appropriately, as when a patient's emotional expression fits the content of what they are describing.

His affect was congruent with the distressing history he was relating.

Similar: consistent, matching

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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