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accord verb [ əˈkɔːd ]

• give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).
• "the powers accorded to the head of state"
Similar: give, grant, tender, present, award, hand, vouchsafe, concede, yield, cede, confer on, bestow on, vest in, put in someone's hands, invest with, endow with, entrust with, favour with,
Opposite: withhold, remove,
• (of a concept or fact) be harmonious or consistent with.
• "his views accorded well with those of Merivale"
Similar: correspond, agree, tally, match up, concur, coincide, be in agreement, be consistent, equate, harmonize, be in harmony, be compatible, be consonant, be congruous, be in tune, dovetail, correlate, conform to, suit, fit, match, parallel, square, jibe,
Opposite: disagree, contrast,

accord noun

• an official agreement or treaty.
• "opposition groups refused to sign the accord"
Similar: pact, treaty, agreement, settlement, deal, entente, concordat, concord, protocol, compact, contract, convention,
Origin: Old English, from Old French acorder ‘reconcile, be of one mind’, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’; influenced by concord.

in accord with

• according to.
"things didn't happen quite in accord with expectations"

of one's own accord

• voluntarily or without outside intervention.
"he would not seek treatment of his own accord"

with one accord

• in a united way.
"the association is acting with one accord in this matter"



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