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accord

noun

1 the two countries were about to sign an economic cooperation accord:

pact, treaty, agreement, settlement, deal, entente, concordat, concord, protocol, compact, contract, convention.

2 the two sides failed to reach accord:

agreement, consensus, unanimity, harmony, unison, unity, concord, concert, like-mindedness, rapport, conformity, congruence, settlement.

□ of one's own accord

Matthew went to sea of his own accord:

voluntarily, of one's own free will, of one's own volition, of one's own choice, of one's own choosing, by choice, by preference;

willingly, readily, freely, intentionally, deliberately, on purpose, purposely, spontaneously, without being asked, without being forced, without hesitation, without reluctance;

gladly, with pleasure, with good grace, eagerly, enthusiastically.

▷antonyms reluctantly, under duress.

□ with one accord

the association is acting with one accord in this matter:

unanimously, in complete agreement, with one mind, unitedly, concertedly, without exception, as one, of one voice, to a man.

▷antonyms separately; in disarray.

verb

1 the national assembly accorded the General more power:

give, grant, tender, present, award, hand, vouchsafe, concede, yield, cede;

confer on, bestow on, vest in, put in someone's hands;

invest with, endow with, entrust with, favour with.

▷antonyms withhold; remove.

2 such an idea appears to accord with the known state of affairs:

correspond, agree, tally, match up, concur, coincide, be in agreement, be consistent, equate, harmonize, be in harmony, be compatible, be consonant, be congruous, be in tune, dovetail, correlate;

conform to;

suit, fit, match, parallel;

informal square;

North American, informal jibe.

▷antonyms disagree, contrast.

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