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accord Definition

ac·cord (ə kôrd′)

transitive verb

  1. to make agree or harmonize; reconcile
  2. to grant or concede; bestow

Etymology: ME acorden < OFr acorder < VL *accordare < L ad-, to + cor (gen. cordis), heart

intransitive verb

to be in agreement or harmony (with)

noun

  1. mutual agreement; harmony
  2. an informal agreement, as between countries
  3. harmony of sound, color, etc.
  4. Obsolete consent; permission

accord Idioms

of one's own accord

willingly, without being asked

with one accord

all agreeing; with no one dissenting

accord Synonyms

accord

n.

harmony, understanding, reconciliation, agreement; see agreement 2, 3.

accord Synonyms

accord

v.

  1. To be in agreement

    agree, concur, correspond; see agree. See syn. study atagree.

  2. To grant

    bestow, grant, concede, allow; see admit 3, give 1.

accord Law Definition

n

  1. An agreement to satisfy a claim by some form of discharging the obligation other than what the obligee is, or considers himself, entitled to. See also accord and satisfaction.
  2. In legal citation, the identification of one case that clearly supports the proposition for which another case is being quoted.
accord Usage Examples

Object

    Converse of object

    • ratify: The Federation Council, the upper House of the Russian Parliament, is expected to ratify the accord in the near future.
    • do: However, the evidence suggests that the administration of complaints does not always accord with established procedures.

    Adjective modifier

    • own: It has the whim of suddenly changing channels of its own accord.
    • spiritual: Since then the 18 October is celebrated as the Day of spiritual accord in Kazakhstan.
    • full: He advises them to be " of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

    Modifying Another Word

    • alphabetically: Queens ' uses the Bliss classification scheme and subjects are ordered alphabetically according to class mark.
    • differently: There are about 44 phonemes in English and some are pronounced differently according to their position in a word, e.g. .
    • considerably: Modes of masculinity varied considerably according to the social milieu into which one was born.
    • enormously: The proportion of iconographic questions will vary enormously according to the nature of the museums's holdings.
    • separately: First: what proportion of children in the province are educated separately according to religion?
    • however: However according to note above the areas were joined in 1914 at least informally so there is an argument for this approach.

    Noun used with modifier

    • peace: IHRC believes that the participation of the opposition in mainstream governance is essential to the consolidation of the evolving peace accord.

    Infinitive complement

    • gender: There were no statistically significant differences according to gender, socio-economic factors, or desire for further treatment.
    • rumor: Indeed negotiations, again according to rumor, are already taking place for a take over.
    • demand: Any available surplus places will be made available according to demand.
    • schedule: Every train left exactly to the minute according to schedule.
    • need: The NHS principle - healthcare according to need not ability to pay retains today its enduring appeal.
    • speed: In the year 1535, this house was valued, according to Speed, at £ 9, 11 s.

    Preposition: with

    • objective: In doing so it accords with the fundamental objectives of EMU.
accord Quotes

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