Definitions for accord

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accord ac·cord

Spelling: [uh-kawrd]

IPA: /əˈkɔrd/

Accord is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in accord (accdor).

Definitions for accord

noun

1. proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
2. a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc.
3. consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
4. an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations.

Idioms

1. of one's own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily:

verb (used with object)

1. to make agree or correspond; adapt.
2. to grant; bestow:
3. Archaic. to settle; reconcile.

verb (used without object)

1. to be in agreement or harmony; agree.

Origin of accord

1100-50; Middle English ac(c)corden, late Old English acordan Old French acorder Vulgar Latin *accordāre, equivalent to Latin ac- ac- + cord- heart, mind; see Examples for accord

He was speaking for others that with which his soul did not accord.

Before Proserpina knew what she was about, her teeth had actually bitten it, of their own accord.

Failure to reach an accord will add yet more potentially apocalyptic uncertainties to the Middle Eastern scene.

They simply would not leak this shocking story about big lineup changes on their own accord.

It would not be in accord with creative energy that I should go backward.

The earth did not produce it by any help of mine, nor of its own accord.

Diplomats drawn from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the European Union hammered out the accord on April 17.

Here she is, coming of her own accord; she must have guessed your thoughts.

When he felt anxious or needed to think, his feet carried him, once again of their own accord, to a station.

You can accord it a place, and then—hopefully—like Amelia and Sam find a way to get on with your life.