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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

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accord Synonyms

accord

n.

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


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.


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accord Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • ratify: The Federation Council, the upper House of the Russian Parliament, is expected to ratify the accord in the near future.

Adjective modifier

  • own: It has the whim of suddenly changing channels of its own accord.

Modifying Another Word

  • alphabetically: Queens ' uses the Bliss classification scheme and subjects are ordered alphabetically according to class mark.

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.

Preposition: with

  • objective: In doing so it accords with the fundamental objectives of EMU.
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Un journal est un conseiller qu'on n'a pas besoin d'aller chercher, mais qui se pre¤  sente de lui-me"  me et qui vous parle tous les jours et brie'  vement de l'affaire commune, sans vous de¤  ranger de vos affaires particulie'  res. A newspaper is an adviser whom one does not need to seek out, but one who comes of his own accord and speaks to you every day, briefly, of public affairs, without disturbing you from your own.

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