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accord

The correct spelling is accord.

How to pronounce accord

/əˈkɔːd/
noun

IPA: /əˈkɔːd/

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The correct spelling is accord. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. For example: "the accord of light and shade in painting"

Usage Examples

the accord of light and shade in painting

The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.

Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
  2. 2.A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
  3. 3.Agreement or harmony of things in general.
  4. 4.An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
  5. 5.An international agreement.

verb

  1. 1.To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
  2. 2.To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
  3. 3.To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
  4. 4.To agree in pitch and tone.
  5. 5.To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

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