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ACCORD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sympathetic compatibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("accord" is a kind of...):

compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)

Derivation:

accord (go together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

Synonyms:

accord; pact; treaty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("accord" is a kind of...):

written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accord"):

alliance (a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim)

commercial treaty (a treaty governing commerce between two or more nations)

pacification; peace; peace treaty (a treaty to cease hostilities)

convention ((diplomacy) an international agreement)

Instance hyponyms:

North Atlantic Treaty (the treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO)

SALT I (the first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)

SALT II (the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Concurrence of opinion

Example:

we are in accord with your proposal

Synonyms:

accord; accordance; conformity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("accord" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

Example:

the two parties were in agreement

Synonyms:

accord; agreement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("accord" is a kind of...):

concord; concordance; harmony (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accord"):

social contract (an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection)

unison (corresponding exactly)

unanimity (everyone being of one mind)

sense of the meeting (general agreement reached by an assembled group)

consensus (agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole)

concurrence; meeting of minds (a state of cooperation)

community; community of interests (agreement as to goals)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allow to have

Example:

grant a privilege

Synonyms:

accord; allot; grant

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "accord" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accord"):

give (accord by verdict)

enfranchise (grant voting rights)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

accordance (the act of granting rights)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go together

Example:

Their ideas concorded

Synonyms:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "accord" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Verb group:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accord"):

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

accord (sympathetic compatibility)

accordant (being in agreement or harmony; often followed by 'with')

Credits

 Context examples: 

A term that refers to the staging of cervical carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Cervical Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of cervical carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.

(Cervical Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

An individual educated in the discipline of midwifery, who possesses evidence of certification according to the requirements of ACNM.

(Certified Midwife, NCI Thesaurus)

Oligodendroglia may be called interfascicular, perivascular, or perineuronal satellite cells according to their location.

(Murine Oligodendroglia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The vitamin component may be classified according to their solubility either in lipids (vitamins A, D, E, K, F) or in water (vitamins C, B- complex).

(Multivitamins/Minerals, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamins may be classified according to their solubility either in lipids (vitamins A, D, E, K, F) or in water (vitamins C, B-complex).

(Multivitamin, NCI Thesaurus)

One was the fact that his father should, according to his account, cry ‘Cooee!’ before seeing him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And always Edith replied that he would assuredly be dealt with according to law.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Organic compounds and particular matter released when burning forests to clear land for agriculture can kill human lung cells or lead to irreversible damage to DNA, according to a new study.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

I have never seen body and spirit in such perfect accord.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)