accord
UK/əˈkɔːd//əˈkɔɹd/
accord noun: agreement of opinion, will, or action.
Noun
accord (countable and uncountable, plural accords)
- Agreement of opinion, will, or action.
- These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 1:14
- a mediator of an accord and peace between them1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
- Agreement in pitch and tone; harmony, musical concord.
- Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.17th century, Sir John Davies, The Self-Subsistence of the Soul
- In a languid and mysterious chant Sister Clara raised her voice, and her acolytes kept accord on their mandolines […].1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 146
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
- the accord of light and shade in painting
- A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
- 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.2010, Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger, Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
- Fougères are built on an accord between lavender and coumarin, with every conceivable variation and elaboration.2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 22
- An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
- 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 account1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
- An international agreement.
- The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
- Synonyms:
- treaty
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 25:5
Verb
accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)
- To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
- [H]er hands accorded the Lutes muſicke to the voice; […]a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Second Booke] Chapter 11”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia]...
- To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
- But Satyrane forth ſtepping, did them ſtay / And with faire treaty pacifide their yre; / Then when they were accorded from the fray, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 532
- 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; […]1660 August 7 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1715, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at St. Mary’s Church in Oxon, before the University, […]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at...
- To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
- For things are often ſpoke, and ſeldome meant, / But that my heart accordeth with my tongue, […]1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- 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.1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 54, lines 9–11
- To agree in pitch and tone.
- To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
- The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations will be the acid test of their good will.
- 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;— […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- render
- To give consent.
- To arrive at an agreement.
accord meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
accord in Hindi
- harmony of sounds
- समझौता samjhautā
- agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
- समझौता samjhautā
- agreement or concurrence of opinion
- समझौता samjhautā
accord in Tamil
- ஒத்து அமை, ஒத்திரு, இணக்கம், இசைவு, சம்மதம்
accord in Urdu
- accord, consensus
- اتفاق رائے ittefāq e rā'ey
- accord, agreement
- اتحاد ittihād
- accord
- رضا razā
accord in Bengali
- harmony of sounds
- সামঞ্জস্য śamonjosśo
- agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
- সামঞ্জস্য śamonjosśo
- agreement or concurrence of opinion
- সামঞ্জস্য śamonjosśo
More languagesFewer languages
- accord in Malayalam
- ചേർച്ച, യോജിപ്പ്, ഒത്തുതീർപ്പ്
- accord in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪಂದ
- accord in Punjabi
- ساہ sāh
- accord in Arabic
- تَفَاهُم tafāhum
- accord in Indonesian
- kesepakatan, persetujuan
Examples of accord in a sentence
- Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.2016, Valerie Ann Worwood, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy […] , New World Library, →ISBN, page 450:
- 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.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Prologue”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page vi:
Synonyms of accord
Forms of accord
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | accords |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | accords |
| present participle | according |
| past participle | accorded |
| past | accorded |
Origin of accord
From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below).
From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, from Latin concordāre via prefix substitution (with Latin ad-), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-, and thus distantly related to English heart (via Proto-Germanic *hertô).
Words formed from accord
- in accord
- of one's own accord
- with one accord
- accordance
- accordant
- according
- accordingly
- accordment
- accord with
- defence accord
- reaccord
- unaccorded
Phrases with accord
Words that rhyme with accord
40 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- afford
- ord
- reward
- sward
- toward
- hoard
- untoward
- -lord
- abhorred
- bored
- destination board
- disaccord
- greatsword
- horde
- onboard
- smorgasbord
- unoared
- adored
- bell chord
- beward
- chored
- concord
- deboard
- discord
- fjord
- gord
- gored
- guide board
- hoared
- ignored
- m'lord
- milord
- moored
- oared
- of one's own accord
- outward
- restored
- secured
- sord
- whored
Questions about accord
- What does accord mean?
- Accord means agreement of opinion, will, or action.
- What is accord in Hindi?
- Accord in Hindi is समझौता (samjhautā). See Accord meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use accord in a sentence?
- Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.
- What part of speech is accord?
- Accord can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce accord?
- Accord is pronounced /əˈkɔːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of accord?
- The plural of accord is accords.
Words near accord in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accord (page history and authors); accord (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتحاد (Urdu) (page history and authors); accord (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accord (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ساہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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