Accord Definition

ə-kôrd

accorded, according, accords

verb

accorded, according, accords

To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate.

Accorded the president the proper deference.

American Heritage

To make agree or harmonize; reconcile.

Webster's New World

To be in agreement or harmony (with)

Webster's New World

To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.

American Heritage

To grant or concede; bestow.

Webster's New World

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noun

accords

Agreement; harmony.

Act in accord with university policies.

American Heritage

Mutual agreement; harmony.

Webster's New World

A settlement or compromise between conflicting parties.

The strikers and the owners reached an accord.

American Heritage

An informal agreement, as between countries.

Webster's New World

Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action.

The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.

American Heritage

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idiom

of one's own accord

willingly, without being asked

Webster's New World

with one accord

all agreeing; with no one dissenting

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Accord

Noun

Singular:

accord

Plural:

accords

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Accord

of one's own accord
with one accord

Origin of Accord

From Middle English acorden, from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin accordō (“to be heart to heart with”), formed from Latin ad + cor (“heart”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English accorden from Old French acorder from Medieval Latin accordāre to bring into agreement Latin ad- ad- Latin cor cord- heart kerd- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
The verb is first attested in early 12th century.

From Wiktionary
First attested in the late 13th century.

From Wiktionary