Meaning of accord | Babel Free
əˈkɔːdDefinitions
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To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. transitive
- To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at correspond.
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To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize. transitive
- agreement. That is not in accord with your original statement. ooreenstemming إتِّفَاق، إنْسِجَام، مُطَابَقَه съгласие acordo shoda der Übereinstimmung i overensstemmelse med συμφωνία, συγκατάθεσηacuerdo kooskõla طبق yhtäpitävyys accordהסכם समझौता sklad összhang sesuai samræmi accordo 一致 일치 atitikimas, susitarimas saskaņa; vienprātība persetujuan overeenstemmingsamsvarzgoda, zgodność پهشان acordo acord, înţelegere согласие zhoda, súhlas soglasje saglasnost överensstämmelse ข้อตกลง uyma, uyuşm...
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To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant. intransitive
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To agree in pitch and tone. intransitive
- in agreement with. The money will be given out in accordance with his instructions. ooreenkomstig إنْسِجَامَاً مَع в съгласие с conformidade podle, ve shodě s in Übereinstimmung mit i overensstemmelse med; ifølge σύμφωνα μεconforme a vastavalt مطابقت mukaisesti conformément בְּהֶתאֵם ל- अनुरूप sklad vminek megfelelően sesuai dengan, berkenaan dengan í samræmi við conformità ~に従って ...에 따라서 pagal, remiantis saskaņā ar selaras overeenstemmingi samsvar med, ifølgezgodnie z په اړه conformidade pri...
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To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award. transitive
- of one's own free will. He did it of his own accord, without being forced to. uit eie wil مِن تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِه доброволно livre vontade dobrovolně, z vlastního popudu freiwillig af egen fri vilje με τη θέλησή μου por propia voluntad vabal tahtel بنا به خواستۀ خود omasta tahdostaan de plein gré מִרְצוֹנוֹ הַטוֹב अपनी इच्छा से dragovoljno önszántából atas kemauan sendiri af sjálfsdáðum di sua volontà, di spontanea volontà 自発的に 자발적으로 savo noru labprātīgi kehendak uit zichzelf av egen fri vilje ...
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To give consent. intransitive, obsolete
- (everybody) in agreement. With one accord they stood up to cheer him. soos een man بِالأجْمَاع единодушно unanimemente jednomyslně einmütig i fuld enighed; alle som én ομόφωναde común acuerdo üksmeelselt همه به اتفاق هم yksimielisesti d'un commun accord בְּהַסְכָּמָה, פֶּה אֶחָד सब मिलकर jednodušno egyhangúlag serempak samhljóða, einróma di comune accordo, in modo unanime いっせいに 일제히 vieningai vienprātīgi muafakat eenparigsamstemt, alle som en zgodnie تول ديوپل په يووالي unanimemente de comun a...
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To arrive at an agreement. archaic, intransitive
- To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate: accorded the president the proper deference.
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Archaic To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony. Archaic
- Agreement; harmony: act in accord with university policies.
- A settlement or compromise between conflicting parties: The strikers and the owners reached an accord.
- Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action: The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.
Equivalents
Examples
“[H]er hands accorded the Lutes muſicke to the voice; […]”
The New Arcadia
“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; […]”
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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