ACCORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accord mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCORD (noun)

Sense 1

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"):

consensus (agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole)

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)

concurrence; meeting of minds (a state of cooperation)

community; community of interests (agreement as to goals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Concurrence of opinion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accord; accordance; conformity

Context example:

we are in accord with your proposal

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

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accord; pact; treaty

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"):

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)

alliance (a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim)

Instance hyponyms:

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

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

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

Sense 4

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)

Derivation:

accord (go together)

• ACCORD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they accord    ... he / she / it accords   
Past simple: accorded   
Past participle: accorded   
-ing form: according   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go together

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

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)

Verb group:

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"):

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

accord (sympathetic compatibility)

accordant (being in agreement or harmony; often followed by 'with')

Sense 2

Meaning:

Allow to have

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

accord; allot; 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

Derivation:

accordance (the act of granting rights)

 Context examples 

One acts according to one's lights, and more than that one cannot do.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

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(Chemokine Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

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(Chemokine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The chemical, physical and microbiological aspects of stability are to be considered for a medical product according to 21 CFR Part 211 GMP.

(Medical Product Shelf Life, NCI Thesaurus)

It is classified as cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 1, 2, or 3, according to the degree of squamous cell maturation and cellular atypia, and the number of mitotic figures.

(Cervical Squamous Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

According to the degree of cellular atypia and the associated architectural changes, it is classified as low or high grade.

(Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of breast carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Breast Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of bladder carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Bladder Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

His majesty, according to the custom of the country, was only shaved twice a-week.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

According to the growth pattern, it is classified as tubular, papillary, or tubulopapillary.

(Bile Duct Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)