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ACCORDANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of granting rights
Example:
the accordance to Canada of rights of access
Synonyms:
accordance; accordance of rights
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("accordance" is a kind of...):
gift; giving (the act of giving)
Derivation:
accord (allow to have)
Sense 2
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 ("accordance" is a kind of...):
agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)
Derivation:
accordant (being in agreement or harmony; often followed by 'with')
Context examples:
"I must in turn ask you, Mr. Waldron," he said, "to cease to make assertions which are not in strict accordance with scientific fact."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In a structural sense, it designates compounds that, in accordance with the theory of Huckel, have a cyclic, delocalized (4n+2) pi-electron system.
(Aromatic Compounds, NCI Thesaurus)
It was arranged as he suggested, though Miss Harrison excused herself from leaving the bedroom, in accordance with Holmes’s suggestion.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Goods are delivered in exact accordance with instructions, and keys left in parcel in main hall, as directed.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Again Ruth measured his thoughts by comparison of externals and in accordance with her belief in the established.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
My little Dora being in good spirits, and very desirous that I should go—as I found on talking it over with her—I readily pledged myself to accompany him in accordance with his wish.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I trust, Alleyne, that thou didst very carefully note and mark the bearing and carriage of this knight of France; for it is time, now when you are young, that you should see all that is best, and mould your own actions in accordance.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The act of overseeing the progress of a clinical trial, and of ensuring that it is conducted, recorded, and reported in accordance with the protocol, standard operating procedures (SOPs), good clinical practice (GCP), and the applicable regulatory requirement(s). [ICH E6 Glossary]
(Clinical Trials, Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This is the comment made by Raffaella Rumiati, neuroscientist at the International School for Advanced Studies — SISSA in Trieste, on the results of research carried out by her group which reveals that the way we process different foods changes in accordance with our body mass index.
(Our Weight Tells How We Assess Food, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
These codes beneath the asphalt send real-time information to the PMD, indicating the necessary reduction in speed, in accordance with the zone the user is crossing at the time (or triggering motor/engine shutdown in some cases), for example.
(Scientists design “smart” asphalts with magnetic materials for safer electric scooters, University of Granada)
