accord

accord
ac·cord
I
 /əˈkoɚd/  noun  ,  pl   -cords
  1 [  count  ] : a formal or official agreement
   The two sides were able to reach an accord.
   a peace accord
  2 [  noncount  ] : a situation or state in which people or things agree
   His ideas and mine were completely/fully in accord. = His ideas were completely/fully in accord with mine. [=his ideas and mine agreed completely]
   They dressed up for the festival in accord with [=in accordance with] the custom.
  of its own accord
   ◇ If something happens of its own accord, it happens by itself without anyone causing it to happen.
    The tree fell of its own accord.
   
  of your own accord
   ◇ If you do something of your own accord, you do it because you want to, not because someone has asked you or forced you to do it.
    They left of their own accord.
   
  with one accord
    chiefly Brit    formal   : all together
    They rose with one accord from their seats.
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II
  verb  , -cords, -cord·ed, -cord·ing [  + obj  ]
   formal   : to give (something, such as special treatment or status) to someone or something
   He was accorded certain favors because of his age.
   Her students accorded her respect. = Her students accorded respect to her. = She was accorded respect by her students.
   We accord great importance to education. [=we treat education as very important]
  accord with [  phrasal verb  ]
   accord with (something) : to be in agreement with (something)
    His interpretation of the data did not accord with the facts.
    His plans for the company did not accord with my own.

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