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disaccord

[ dis-uh-kawrd ]
/ ˌdɪs əˈkɔrd /
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verb (used without object)

to be out of accord; disagree.

noun

disagreement: grave disaccords among nations.

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Origin of disaccord

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desac(c)order, derivative of desacort. See dis-1, accord

Words nearby disaccord

disablement benefit, disablism, disabuse, disaccharidase, disaccharide, disaccord, disaccredit, disaccustom, disadvantage, disadvantaged, disadvantageous
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Words related to disaccord

dissent, conflict, clash, discord, differ, argument, confrontation, difference, discordance, dissension, dissidence, dissonance, friction, incompatibility, schism, strife

Example sentences from the Web for disaccord

  • The lieutenant could tell me little concerning distances; what he knew did not disaccord with my small knowledge.

    Who Goes There?|Blackwood Ketcham Benson

  • This mourning for the means but acceptance of the fact would not be in disaccord with Ahab's moral weakness.

    The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings|F. W. Farrar

  • The sociologist found that the only test of acquired or inherited degeneracy in man was disaccord with environment.

    Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot

  • Oddly enough, the twins were in disaccord, and while Lucian had the senator's approval the general's went to his brother.

    Gideon's Band|George W. Cable

British Dictionary definitions for disaccord

disaccord
/ (ˌdɪsəˈkɔːd) /

noun

lack of agreement or harmony

verb

(intr) to be out of agreement; disagree
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