accord
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below).
Inflected forms:
form: accords
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: accords
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: according
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: accorded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: accorded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Agreement of opinion, will, or action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen.
a mediator of an accord and peace between them
gloss: A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.
gloss: Agreement or harmony of things in general.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the accord of light and shade in painting
gloss: A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Oriental fragrances often incorporate an accord referred to as amber. It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.
Fougères are built on an accord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration.
Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.
gloss: An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Accord is a satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured ; which , when performed , is a bar of all actions upon this account
gloss: An international agreement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
gloss: Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap.
gloss: To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [H]er hands accorded the Lutes muſicke to the voice; […]
gloss: To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But Satyrane forth ſtepping, did them ſtay / And with faire treaty pacifide their yre; / Then when they were accorded from the fray, […]
All which Particulars (with many more of the like Nature) being confeſſedly knotty and difficult, can never be accorded, but by a competent Stock of critical Learning; […]
gloss: To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: For things are often ſpoke, and ſeldome meant, / But that my heart accordeth with my tongue, […]
Thy actions to thy words accord, thy words / To thy large heart give utterance due, thy heart / Conteins of good, wiſe, juſt, the perfect ſhape.
Let knowledge grow from more to more, / ⁠But more of reverence in us dwell; / ⁠That mind and soul, according well, / May make one music as before, / But vaster.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
gloss: To agree in pitch and tone.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And, when the blinding tears had fallen, I saw
That column, and those corpses, and the moon,
And felt the poisonous tooth of hunger gnaw
My vitals, I rejoiced, as if the boon
Of senseless death would be accorded soon;— […]
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.
Yes, the tide will surely turn, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call himself a partisan, invite whomever may feel disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction and accord to them the respect that is assuredly their due.
In the present case, and contrary to the Government’s submission, the Court considers that there is indeed a consensus amongst a substantial majority of the Contracting States of the Council of Europe towards allowing abortion on broader grounds than accorded under Irish law.
gloss: To give consent.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To arrive at an agreement.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
Related words: bon-accord
chord
Derived words: in accord
of one's own accord
with one accord
accordance
accordant
according
accordingly
accordment
accord with
defence accord
reaccord
unaccorded
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: ако́рд
roman: akórd
lang: Belarusian
word: гармо́нія
roman: harmónija
lang: Bengali
word: সামঞ্জস্য
roman: śamonjosśo
lang: Bulgarian
word: ако́рд
roman: akórd
lang: Bulgarian
word: хармо́ния
roman: harmónija
lang: Dutch
word: akkoord
lang: Finnish
word: harmonia
lang: German
word: Akkord
lang: Hindi
word: समझौता
roman: samjhautā
lang: Korean
word: 일치
roman: ilchi
lang: Polish
word: akord
lang: Russian
word: акко́рд
roman: akkórd
lang: Russian
word: гармо́ния
roman: garmónija
lang: Ukrainian
word: ако́рд
roman: akórd
lang: Ukrainian
word: гармо́нія
roman: harmónija
lang: Bengali
word: সামঞ্জস্য
roman: śamonjosśo
lang: Bulgarian
word: съгла́сие
roman: sǎglásie
lang: Bulgarian
word: мир
roman: mir
lang: Bulgarian
word: хармо́ния
roman: harmónija
lang: German
word: Abstimmung
lang: German
word: Einklang
lang: German
word: Harmonie
lang: German
word: Übereinstimmung
lang: Hindi
word: समझौता
roman: samjhautā
lang: Macedonian
word: согласност
roman: soglasnost
lang: Russian
word: согла́сие
roman: soglásije
lang: Russian
word: гармо́ния
roman: garmónija
lang: Ukrainian
word: гармо́нія
roman: harmónija