accord

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English acord, accord, acorden, accorden, through Old French acort, acorde, and acorder (cf. modern French accord and accorder), and in turn from Late Latin accordō, formed from Latin ad + cordis (“‘heart’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈkɔːd/
• (US) IPA: /əˈkɔɹd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

[edit] Noun

accord (plural accords)

1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
   • 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14

     These all continued with one accord in prayer.

2. An harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
   • 17th century, "The Self-Subsistence of the Soul", Sir John Davies,

     Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.

3. Agreement or harmony of things in general.
4. (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

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• (concurrence of opinion): consent, assent

[edit] Derived terms

• of its own accord
• with one accord

[edit] Related terms

• chord

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[edit] Verb

to accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)

1. (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
   • 1590, Philip Sidney, Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, p. 150:

     [H]er hands accorded the Lutes musicke to the voice;

2. (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III:

     But Satyrane forth stepping, did them stay // And with faire treatie pacifide their ire, // Then when they were accorded from the fray [...]

3. (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, III-i:

     For things are often spoke and seldom meant; // But that my heart accordeth with my tongue,—

   • 1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, Book III:

     [T]hy actions to thy words accord;

4. (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
5. (transitive) (dated or law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
   • 1951, United Nations' Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, article 14:

     In respect of the protection of industrial property, [...] a refugee shall be accorded in the country in which he has his habitual residence the same protection as is accorded to nationals of that country.

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• accord with
• accordance
• according
• accordingly
• accordment
• defence accord

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.kɔʁ/, SAMPA: /a.kOR/

[edit] Noun

accord m. (plural accords)

1. chord
2. agreement

[edit] Derived terms

• accorder
• acord
• d'accord