Dictionary entry details
• 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
