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Meaning of 'accord' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Accord [ v. i.]
- To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
- To agree in pitch and tone.
2 . Accord [ v. t.]
- Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
- Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
- Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
- Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
- An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
- To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
- To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
- To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.

Meaning of 'accord' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . accord [ n]
Meaning (1):
- harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
Example in sentence:
  • the two parties were in agreement
Meaning (2):
- concurrence of opinion
Example in sentence:
  • we are in accord with your proposal
3 . accord [ v]
Meaning (3):
- allow to have
Example in sentence:
  • grant a privilege
Meaning (4):
- go together
Example in sentence:
  • The colors don't harmonize;
  • Their ideas concorded

Nearby Words:

accadian accede acceded accedence acceder acceding accelerando accelerate accelerated accelerating

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