Definition of Accord

1. Noun. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters. "The two parties were in agreement"


2. Verb. Go together. "Their ideas concorded"
Exact synonyms: Agree, Concord, Consort, Fit In, Harmonise, Harmonize
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"
Exact synonyms: Accordance, Conformity
Generic synonyms: Agreement
Derivative terms: Accordant

4. Verb. Allow to have. "Grant a privilege"
Exact synonyms: Allot, Grant
Specialized synonyms: Give, Enfranchise
Generic synonyms: Give
Derivative terms: Accordance, Grant

5. Noun. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
Exact synonyms: Pact, Treaty
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.
Generic synonyms: 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accord

accomplishing
accomplishment
accomplishments
accomplisht
accompt
accomptable
accomptant
accomptants
accomptaunt
accompted
accompting
accompts
accorage
accoraged
accorages
accord (current term)
accord and satisfaction
accordable
accordance
accordance of rights
accordances
accordancy
accordant
accordantly
accordaunce
accorded
accorder
accorders
accordest
accordeth

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