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Definition of Accord
1. Noun. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters. "The two parties were in agreement"
Generic synonyms: Concord, Concordance, Harmony
Specialized synonyms: Community, Community Of Interests, Concurrence, Meeting Of Minds, Consensus, Sense Of The Meeting, Unanimity, Unison, Social Contract
Derivative terms: Agree
Antonyms: Disagreement
2. Verb. Go together. "Their ideas concorded"
Generic synonyms: Agree, Check, Correspond, Fit, Gibe, Jibe, Match, Tally
Related verbs: Agree, Check, Correspond, Fit, Gibe, Jibe, Match, Tally
Specialized synonyms: Blend, Blend In, Go
Derivative terms: Accordant, Agreeable, Concord, Harmony, Harmony
3. Noun. Concurrence of opinion. "We are in accord with your proposal"
4. Verb. Allow to have. "Grant a privilege"
Specialized synonyms: Give, Enfranchise
Generic synonyms: Give
Derivative terms: Accordance, Grant
5. Noun. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
Generic synonyms: Written Agreement
Specialized synonyms: Alliance, Commercial Treaty, Pacification, Peace, Peace Treaty, Convention
Specialized synonyms: North Atlantic Treaty, Salt I, Salt Ii
6. Noun. Sympathetic compatibility.
Definition of Accord
1. n. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
2. v. t. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
3. v. i. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
Definition of Accord
1. Noun. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. ¹
2. Noun. A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord. ¹
3. Noun. Agreement or harmony of things in general. ¹
4. Noun. (context: legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit. ¹
5. Noun. (context: international law) An international agreement. ¹
6. Noun. (context: obsolete) Assent ¹
7. Noun. Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony. ¹
11. Verb. (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone. ¹
12. Verb. (context: transitive dated legal) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award. ¹
13. Verb. (context: intransitive obsolete) To give consent. ¹
14. Verb. (context: intransitive archaic) To arrive at an agreement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accord
1. to bring into agreement [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Accord
1. 1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; followed by to. "Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice." (Sidney) 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies. "When they were accorded from the fray." (Spenser) "All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning." (South) 3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Origin: OE. Acorden, accorden, OF. Acorder, F. Accorder, fr. LL. Accordare; L. Ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf. Concord, Discord, and see Heart. 1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. "My heart accordeth with my tongue." (Shak) "Thy actions to thy words accord." (Milton) 2. To agree in pitch and tone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)