accord
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- First attested in the late 13th century.
- From Middle English acorden, from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin accordō (“to be heart to heart with”), formed from Latin ad + cord (“heart”).
- The verb is first attested in early 12th century.
Noun [edit]
accord (plural accords)
- 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.
- 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14
- A 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.
- 17th century, "The Self-Subsistence of the Soul", Sir John Davies,
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
- (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.
- The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
- (obsolete) Assent
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
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Translations [edit]
agreement or concurrence of opinion
harmony of sounds
agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
an agreement
Verb [edit]
accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)
- (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;
- 1590, Philip Sidney, Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, p. 150:
- (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 [...]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III:
- (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;
- 1593, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, III-i:
- (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
- (transitive, dated, 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.
- 1951, United Nations' Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, article 14:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.
- (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.
Translations [edit]
transitive: to make to agree or correspond
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transitive: to bring to an agreement
intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
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transitive: to grant
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Noun [edit]
accord m (plural accords)
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Noun [edit]
accord m (plural accords)
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