accord

/ə'kɔ:d/

Thân thiện

The two nations signed an accord to promote trade.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Harmonious agreement or compatibility: A state where opinions, actions, or feelings are in harmony or alignment.
   • A formal agreement or treaty: A pact or understanding, especially one between nations or groups.
   • Spontaneous will or impulse: An action done by one's own free choice, without external prompting.

2. Verb:

   • To grant or give something: To bestow or confer something, such as a privilege, honor, or right.
   • To be in agreement or harmony: To correspond, match, or be consistent with something else.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The committee reached an accord on the new policy. (The committee achieved a harmonious agreement.)
  • The peace accord was signed by both nations. (The formal peace treaty was signed.)
  • She left the meeting of her own accord. (She left voluntarily, by her own choice.)

• Verb:

  • The president accorded the hero the highest honors. (The president granted the hero the highest honors.)
  • His actions do not accord with his words. (His actions are not in harmony with his words.)

Advanced Usage

• "In accord with": In agreement or harmony with something.
  • Our plans are in accord with the company's long-term goals.
• "Of one's own accord": Voluntarily; without being asked or forced.
  • He apologized of his own accord.

Variants and Related Words

• Accordance (n): Agreement or conformity.
  • In accordance with the rules, the game was postponed.
• According (prep/adv): As stated by or in.
  • According to the report, sales have increased.
• Accordingly (adv): In a way that is appropriate to the circumstances; consequently.
  • The rules have changed; please act accordingly.

Synonyms

• Agreement (n): A state of harmony or consensus.
• Concord (n): Formal agreement or harmony between people or groups.
• Grant (v): To agree to give or allow something requested.
• Concur (v): To agree or be of the same opinion.

Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions

• Accord with (v): To be consistent or in harmony with something.
  • The evidence must accord with the facts of the case.

Related Idioms

• With one accord: Unanimously; with everyone in agreement.
  • The council voted with one accord to approve the measure.

Học thuật

Noun

1. sympathetic compatibility
2. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
3. concurrence of opinion
   • we are in accord with your proposal
4. harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
   • the two parties were in agreement

Verb

1. allow to have
   • grant a privilege
2. go together
   • The colors don't harmonize
   • Their ideas concorded

Từ đồng nghĩa

• treaty
• pact
• conformity
• accordance
• agreement
• allot
• grant
• harmonize
• harmonise
• consort
• concord
• fit in
• agree