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accordance

UK/əˈkɔː.dəns//əˈkoɹ.dəns/

accordance noun: agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

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Noun

accordance (countable and uncountable, plural accordances)

  1. Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
    • However, I do not think it appropriate to divide my history in accordance with this threefold partition, so as to deal with singular instances separately, but I shall mix the three kinds, joining things natural with artificial, ordinary with extraordinary, and paying very close attention to all the...1607, Francis Bacon, Phenomena of the Universe Or Natural History for the Building Up of Philosophy, Preface
    • And what had been done that was not in strict accordance with the law of Parliament?1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
  2. The act of granting something.

accordance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

accordance in Hindi

accordance, compliance
अनुसार anusār

accordance in Tamil

இணக்கம், பொருத்தம், ஒத்த உயரம், ஒத்தநிலை

accordance in Urdu

accordance, correspondence, consistence; expediency; convenience
مناسبت munāsabat

accordance in Bengali

অনুযায়ী, সামঞ্জস্য, সংগতি, সাদৃশ্য
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accordance in Malayalam
സാമ്യം, പൊരുത്തം, ചേർച്ച, തക്കതായ

Examples of accordance in a sentence

  • An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
  • The deponent's signature was verified in accordance with the apostil to the Hague convention.
  • Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.

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Synonyms of accordance

Forms of accordance

pluralaccordances
alternative form (obsolete)accordaunce

Origin of accordance

* (compliance): First attested around 1300. * (agreement): First attested in the early 14th century. * accord + -ance * From Middle English accordaunce, from Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”).

Words formed from accordance

Questions about accordance

What does accordance mean?
Accordance means agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
What is accordance in Hindi?
Accordance in Hindi is अनुसार (anusār). See Accordance meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is accordance?
Accordance is a noun.
How do you pronounce accordance?
Accordance is pronounced /əˈkɔː.dəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of accordance?
The plural of accordance is accordances.

Words near accordance in the dictionary

  1. accompting
  2. accompts
  3. accord
  4. accordability
  5. accordable
  6. accordance
  7. accordances
  8. accordancies
  9. accordancy
  10. accordant
  11. accordantly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accordance (page history and authors); अनुसार (Hindi) (page history and authors); accordance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مناسبت (Urdu) (page history and authors); accordance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accordance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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