accord
IPA: ʌkˈɔrd
noun
- Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
- A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
- (countable, perfumery) A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
- (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
- (international law) An international agreement.
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
verb
- (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
- (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
- (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
- (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
- (transitive, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.
- (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.
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Examples of "accord" in Sentences
- The pen and the sword in accord.
- The Church is the arbiter of accord.
- This is untrue according the the trancript.
- The close was not in accordance with the debate.
- According to Descartes, the soul is indivisible.
- According to the dictionaries the title is okay.
- The accord agreement must be transacted on a new agreement.
- They are in accordance with the interpretations of the sources.
- According to Vanessa's cousin, there was no prenuptial agreement.
- He refused the Tripartite accord in 1985 and the Taef accord in 1989.
- I find it in accord with all observable principles of the known universe, save one.
- The Republican party has so many core values, (none of which are in accord with mine), it is hard to say.
- He said this accord is an important step, the RHDP is now a reality and soon will be a single, unified party.
- At the same time, he expects other countries to act more in accord with their sentiments than their interests.
- You guys demanded NOT ONLY that he turn things around on a dime, but that he also do it in accord with your own twisted values.
- The Committee attaches importance to the fact that the accord is the result of responsible cooperation between the five signatory states.
- Now that the new translation of the Missale Romanum is almost complete, ICEL will be moving on to new translation projects (for example, the texts for the other sacraments) and will continue to work in accord with Liturgiam Authenticam.
- But, this thinking is not in accord with the mind of the Church and fails to understand how the actions of the liturgy connect to doctrine and pass on the Faith; it also fails to recognize the importance of the experiential aspect of human learning.
- Champ an 'stick up for him too; he's good blood, an' ef he did go under for a spell, he ain't no worse 'n the rest, nor half ez bad; for Champ went in _of his own accord -- of his own accord_, "he repeated significantly," an' don't you forget thet, Aileen!