Accord Definition

ə-kôrd
accorded, according, accords
verb
accorded, according, accords
To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate.
Accorded the president the proper deference.
American Heritage
To make agree or harmonize; reconcile.
Webster's New World
To be in agreement or harmony (with)
Webster's New World
To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
American Heritage
To grant or concede; bestow.
Webster's New World
noun
accords
Agreement; harmony.
Act in accord with university policies.
American Heritage
Mutual agreement; harmony.
Webster's New World
A settlement or compromise between conflicting parties.
The strikers and the owners reached an accord.
American Heritage
An informal agreement, as between countries.
Webster's New World
Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action.
The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.
American Heritage
idiom
of one's own accord
  • willingly, without being asked
Webster's New World
with one accord
  • all agreeing; with no one dissenting
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Accord

Noun

Singular:
accord
Plural:
accords

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Origin of Accord

  • From Middle English acorden, from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin accordō (“to be heart to heart with”), formed from Latin ad + cor (“heart”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English accorden from Old French acorder from Medieval Latin accordāre to bring into agreement Latin ad- ad- Latin cor cord- heart kerd- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • The verb is first attested in early 12th century.

    From Wiktionary

  • First attested in the late 13th century.

    From Wiktionary

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