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accordances

accordances is the plural of accordance.

Meaning of accordance

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
  2. The act of granting something.

Questions about accordances

What is accordances the plural of?
Accordances is the plural of accordance.

Words near accordances in the dictionary

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

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