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accord

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verb (used without object)
  1. to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
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verb (used with object)
  1. to make agree or correspond; adapt.
  2. to grant; bestow: to accord due praise.
  3. Archaic. to settle; reconcile.
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noun
  1. proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
  2. a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc.
  3. consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
  4. an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations.
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Idioms
  1. of one's own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily: We did the extra work of our own accord.
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Origin of accord

1100–50; Middle English ac(c)corden, late Old English acordan < Old French acorder < Vulgar Latin *accordāre, equivalent to Latin ac- ac- + cord- heart, mind; see cordial, heart
Related formsac·cord·a·ble, adjectiveac·cord·er, nounnon·ac·cord, nounpre·ac·cord, noun, verb (used without object)un·ac·cord·a·ble, adjectiveun·ac·cord·ed, adjectivewell-ac·cord·ed, adjective
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1. harmonize, concur. 2. reconcile.

Synonym study

1. See correspond.

Antonyms

1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
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accord

noun
  1. agreement; conformity; accordance (esp in the phrase in accord with)
  2. consent or concurrence of opinion
  3. with one accord unanimously
  4. pleasing relationship between sounds, colours, etc; harmony
  5. a settlement of differences, as between nations; compromise
  6. of one's own accord voluntarily
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verb
  1. to be or cause to be in harmony or agreement
  2. (tr) to grant; bestow
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Derived Formsaccordable, adjectiveaccorder, noun

Word Origin

C12: via Old French from Latin ad- to + cord-, stem of cor heart
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Word Origin and History for accorded

accord

v.

early 12c., from Old French acorder (12c.) "reconcile, agree, be in harmony," from Vulgar Latin *accordare "make agree," literally "be of one heart, bring heart to heart," from Latin ad- "to" + cor (genitive cordis) "heart" (see heart). Related: Accorded; according.

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accord

n.

late 13c., accourd, from Old French acord "agreement," a back-formation from acorder (see accord (v.)).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with accorded

accord

see of one's own accord.

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