accord

¹ac·cord

verb \ə-ˈkȯrd\

Definition of ACCORD

transitive verb

1

: to bring into agreement : reconcile

2

: to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned

intransitive verb

1

archaic : to arrive at an agreement

2

obsolete : to give consent

3

: to be consistent or in harmony : agree —usually used with with <a theory that accords with the known facts>

Examples of ACCORD

1. He was accorded certain favors because of his age.
2. <claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said>

Origin of ACCORD

Middle English, from Anglo-French acorder, from Vulgar Latin *accordare, from Latin ad- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart

First Known Use: 12th century

Related to ACCORD

Synonyms: check, agree, answer, chord, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), sort, square, tally

Antonyms: differ (from), disagree (with)

Related Words: equal, match, parallel; align (also aline), line up, register

Near Antonyms: contradict, dispute, gainsay; negate, nullify; clash, conflict, jar

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Rhymes with ACCORD

aboard, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, cardboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, landlord, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, record, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard