Definitions for accord
əˈkɔrdac·cord

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. agreement, accordnoun

   harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

   "the two parties were in agreement"

2. accord, conformity, accordancenoun

   concurrence of opinion

   "we are in accord with your proposal"

3. treaty, pact, accordnoun

   a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

4. accordverb

   sympathetic compatibility

5. harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agreeverb

   go together

   "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"

6. accord, allot, grantverb

   allow to have

   "grant a privilege"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accordnoun

   Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.

2. accordnoun

   A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.

3. accordnoun

   Agreement or harmony of things in general.

4. accordnoun

   An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

5. accordnoun

   An international agreement.

   The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.

6. accordnoun

   Assent

7. accordnoun

   Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

8. accordverb

   To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

9. accordverb

   To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

10. accordverb

    To agree or correspond; to be in harmony.

11. accordverb

    To agree in pitch and tone.

12. accordverb

    To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

13. accordverb

    To give consent.

14. accordverb

    To arrive at an agreement.

15. Etymology: * First attested in the late 13th century.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accordnoun

   Etymology: accord, Fr.

   1. A compact; an agreement.

   If both are satisfy’d with this accord,
   Swear by the laws of knighthood on my sword. John Dryden, Fab.

   2. Concurrence, union of mind.

   At last such grace I found, and means I wrought,
   That I that lady to my spouse had won,
   Accord of friends, consent of parents sought,
   Affiance made, my happiness begun. Edmund Spenser, Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. 4.

   They gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and Israel, with one accord. Joshua, ix. 2.

   3. Harmony, symmetry, just correspondence of one thing with another.

   Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful constitution. John Dryden, Dufresnoy, Pref.

   4. Musical note.

   Try if there were in one steeple two bells of unison, whether the striking of the one would move the other, more than if it were another accord. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 281.

   We must not blame Apollo, but his lute,
   If false accords from her false strings be sent. John Davies.

   5. Voluntary motion.

   Ne Guyon yet spake word,
   Till that they came unto an iron door,
   Which to them open’d of its own accord. Fairy Q. b. ii. c. 7.

   Will you blame any man for doing that of his own accord, which all men should be compelled to do, that are not willing of themselves. Richard Hooker.

   All animal substances, exposed to the air, turn alkaline of their own accord; and some vegetables, by heat, will not turn acid, but alkaline. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   6. Action in speaking, correspondent to the words.

   Titus, I am come to talk with thee. ——
   —— No, not a word: how can I grace my talk,
   Wanting a hand to give it that accord? William Shakespeare, Titus And.

2. To ACCORDverb

   To make agree; to adjust one thing to another; with the particle to.

   Etymology: derived, by some, from corda the string of a musical instrument, by others, from corda hearts, in the first, implying harmony, in the other, unity.

   The first sports the shepherds showed, were full of such leaps and gambols, as being accorded to the pipe which they bore in their mouths, even as they danced, made a right picture of their chief god Pan, and his companions the satyrs. Philip Sidney, b. i.

   Her hands accorded the lute’s music to the voice; her panting heart danced to the music. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   The lights and shades, whose well accorded strife,
   Gives all the strength and colour of our life. Alexander Pope, Epist.

3. To Accordverb

   To agree, to suit one with another; with the particle with.

   Things are often spoke, and seldom meant;
   But that my heart accordeth with my tongue,
   Seeing the deed is meritorious,
   And to preserve my sovereign from his foe. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   Several of the main parts of Moses’s history, as concerning the flood, and the first fathers of the several nations of the world, do very well accord with the most ancient accounts of profane history. John Tillotson, Sermon i.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ACCORD

   Accord is an independent trade union, affiliated to the TUC and the Scottish TUC and specialized for around 25,000 staff in financial services, including members in the Lloyds Banking Group, MBNA, TSB, The Equitable Life Assurance Society and Sainsbury's Bank.

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1. accord

   Accord is a verb which generally means to give or grant someone something, especially power, status, or recognition, traditionally out of one's own free will. As a noun, accord refers to an official agreement or treaty between two or more parties, or a state of harmony and agreement.

2. accord

   Accord refers to an agreement or harmony reached between two or more parties. It can also mean to give or grant someone something. In other context, it can indicate voluntariness, as in doing something of one's own accord, which means by one's own choice or without external influence.

3. accord

   Accord is a verb that means to give or grant someone with power, status, or recognition. It may also mean an official agreement or treaty, or a consistency or harmony between things. It can also represent the act of voluntarily accepting or being in agreement with situations, beliefs or actions.

4. accord

   Accord generally refers to an agreement or harmony between people, groups, or things. It can also mean to grant or bestow upon someone. In legal terms, it means a formal agreement.

5. accord

   Accord refers to an official agreement or treaty. It can also denote harmony or concurrence of opinions or actions, or the act of giving someone power, recognition or acceptance. Additionally, in a more literal sense, it means "to grant" or "give," such as according an individual certain rights.

6. accord

   Accord is a noun which refers to an official agreement or treaty. It may also refer to a state of harmony, compatible agreement or conformity, or can be a verb referring to the action of granting someone something, or giving or bestowing upon. This term is often used in legal, political, or social contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accordverb

   agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent

2. Accordverb

   harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones

3. Accordverb

   agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting

4. Accordverb

   voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord

5. Accordverb

   an agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit

6. Accordverb

   to make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to

7. Accordverb

   to bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies

8. Accordverb

   to grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise

9. Accordverb

   to agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks

10. Accordverb

    to agree in pitch and tone

11. Etymology: [OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F. accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf. Concord, Discord, and see Heart.]

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1. Accord

   Accord is a trade union for HBOS workers within the Lloyds Banking Group. It has more than 30,000 members and is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Accord can trace its origins back to 1978, when it was founded as the Halifax Building Society Staff Association. The HBSSA was founded by John Simmons, the then manager of the Halifax branch in Plymouth. He had concluded that staff within the Halifax Building Society were in need of trade union representation, and had begun organising in earnest in 1977. Simmons was keen to avoid the use of the word "union" because of the negative connotations associated with militant trade unions in the UK in the 1970s. Accord's headquarters, Simmons House, is named after John Simmons. In 1978 Ernie Roberts was appointed as the first General Secretary. Branch reps were elected and Regional Committees established. From these groups a National Committee was elected, which met for the first time in August 1978. The HBSSA was formed. By the end of 1978 the HBSSA was recognised by the then Halifax Building Society "as the sole bargaining agent for its members below Executive and Regional Manager level".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accord

   ak-kord′, v.i. to agree: to be in correspondence (with).—v.t. to cause to agree: to reconcile: to grant (to, of a person).—n. agreement: harmony.—n. Accord′ance, agreement: conformity—also Accord′ancy.—adj. Accord′ant, agreeing: corresponding.—adv. Accord′antly.—p.adj. Accord′ing, in accordance: agreeing: harmonious.—adv. Accord′ingly, agreeably: suitably: in agreement (with what precedes).—According as, in proportion as, or agreeably as; According to, in accordance with, or agreeably to.—Of one's own accord, of one's own spontaneous motion. [O. Fr. acorder—L. ad, to, cor, cordis, the heart.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accord

   The conditions under which a fortress or command of troops is surrendered.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accord

   A form of agreement.

   There was accord across the business.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

2. ---

   accord

   A typed agreement in the form of an electronic document.

   There was accord across the business.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

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   • Harmony
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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'accord' in Verbs Frequency: #1093

How to pronounce accord?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of accord in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of accord in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of accord in a Sentence

1. Randa Kassis:

   We're waiting for a U.S.-Russian accord to solve the (key) issue once and for all. Until they resolve it this process will drag on.

2. Sun-tzu:

   The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

3. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   If it is well applied it can lay the foundation for fewer tensions with the United States, creating the conditions to open a new era. But if the Americans don't respect their part of the nuclear accord, then surely our relationship will remain as it has been in the past.

4. Environment Minister Segolene Royal:

   The time has come to mobilise the European Union so that there is no delay in the ratification of the Paris Accord.

5. Bill Maher:

   There's a lot of talk in liberal corners about how Republicans should tell their base who still believe that the election was rigged, that they need to grow up and move on and stop asking the rest of us to respect their mass delusion, and, of course, it is a mass delusion, but the inconvenient truth here is, if you accord religious faith the kind of exhaled respect we do here in America, you've already lost the argument that massdelusion is bad.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=accord
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Accord
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=accord
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accord
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accord
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=accord
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=accord
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html