ACCORD

Pronunciation (US):

• ACCORD (noun)
  The noun ACCORD has 4 senses:

1. harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
2. concurrence of opinion
3. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
4. sympathetic compatibility

  Familiarity information: ACCORD used as a noun is uncommon.

• ACCORD (verb)
  The verb ACCORD has 2 senses:

1. go together
2. allow to have

  Familiarity information: ACCORD used as a verb is rare.

• ACCORD (noun)

Meaning:

Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

accord; agreement

Context example:

the two parties were in agreement

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)

Meaning:

Concurrence of opinion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accordance; accord; conformity

Context example:

we are in accord with your proposal

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

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Meaning:

A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pact; treaty; accord

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:

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

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

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

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)

• ACCORD (verb)

Meaning:

Go together

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

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

Context examples:

The colors don't harmonize / Their ideas concorded

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

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"):

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Sentence frames:

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

Meaning:

Allow to have

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

allot; accord; grant

Context example:

grant a privilege

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