definition of the word accord

From Middle English acord, accord, acorden, accorden, through Old French acort, acorde, and acorder (cf. modern French accord and accorder), and in turn from Late Latin accordō, formed from Latin ad + cordis (“‘heart’”).

• (UK) IPA: /əˈkɔːd/
• (US) IPA: /əˈkɔɹd/
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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

accord (plural accords)

1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
   • 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14

     These all continued with one accord in prayer.

2. An harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
   • 17th century, "The Self-Subsistence of the Soul", Sir John Davies,

     Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.

3. Agreement or harmony of things in general.
4. (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

• (concurrence of opinion): consent, assent

• of its own accord
• with one accord

• chord

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