All 50 Uses of
accord
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.†
Chpt 1-2 (definition 1)
- That is according to the sense you attach to the question, sir.†
Chpt 1-2 (definition 1)
- "So, but according to all probability she soon will be," replied Edmond.†
Chpt 1-2 (definition 1)
- Such as at the commencement of the repast had not been able to seat themselves according to their inclination rose unceremoniously, and sought out more agreeable companions.†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 1)
- Two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration.†
Chpt 13-14 (definition 1) *
- Caligula or Nero, those treasure-seekers, those desirers of the impossible, would have accorded to the poor wretch, in exchange for his wealth, the liberty he so earnestly prayed for.†
Chpt 13-14 (definition 1)
- The jailer always brought Dantes' soup in an iron saucepan; this saucepan contained soup for both prisoners, for Dantes had noticed that it was either quite full, or half empty, according as the turnkey gave it to him or to his companion first.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 1)
- Well, by means of these lines, which are in accordance with the double motion of the earth, and the ellipse it describes round the sun, I am enabled to ascertain the precise hour with more minuteness than if I possessed a watch; for that might be broken or deranged in its movements, while the sun and earth never vary in their appointed paths.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- That is in strict accordance with the Spanish character; an assassination they will unhesitatingly commit, but an act of cowardice, never.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- Again the abbe looked at him, then mournfully shook his head; but in accordance with Dantes' request, he began to speak of other matters.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- In strict accordance with the promise made to the abbe, Dantes spoke no more of escape.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable riches that had thus fallen into his possession satisfied not the cravings of his heart, which yearned to return to dwell among mankind, and to assume the rank, power, and influence which are always accorded to wealth—that first and greatest of all the forces within the grasp of man.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- The builder cheerfully undertook the commission, and promised to have these secret places completed by the next day, Dantes furnishing the dimensions and plan in accordance with which they were to be constructed.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- Not because I have the least desire to learn anything you may please to conceal from me, but simply that if, through your assistance, I could distribute the legacy according to the wishes of the testator, why, so much the better, that is all.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- He returned to France with the epaulet of sub-lieutenant, and as the protection of the general, who is in the highest favor, was accorded to him, he was a captain in 1823, during the Spanish war—that is to say, at the time when Danglars made his early speculations.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- '—'That's my opinion too,' said the captain, 'and I'll take precautions accordingly.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- To you, perhaps, they will accord the time they have refused to me.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- Franz thought that he came to hear his dinner praised, and began accordingly, but at the first words he was interrupted.†
Chpt 33-34 (definition 1)
- And the thing was so much the more annoying, as, according to the characteristic modesty of a Frenchman, Albert had quitted Paris with the full conviction that he had only to show himself in Italy to carry all before him, and that upon his return he should astonish the Parisian world with the recital of his numerous love-affairs.†
Chpt 33-34 (definition 1)
- "Nay," said she, "do not smile; it ill accords with the expression of your countenance, and I am sure it does not spring from your heart.†
Chpt 33-34 (definition 2) *
- In life, our greatest preoccupation is death; is it not then, curious to study the different ways by which the soul and body can part; and how, according to their different characters, temperaments, and even the different customs of their countries, different persons bear the transition from life to death, from existence to annihilation?†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)
- At this moment a fresh visitor entered, and, according to custom, Franz gave up his seat to him.†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)
- This picturesque attire set him off to great advantage; and when he had bound the scarf around his waist, and when his hat, placed coquettishly on one side, let fall on his shoulder a stream of ribbons, Franz was forced to confess that costume has much to do with the physical superiority we accord to certain nations.†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)
- Around him, and in groups, according to their fancy, lying in their mantles, or with their backs against a sort of stone bench, which went all round the columbarium, were to be seen twenty brigands or more, each having his carbine within reach.†
Chpt 37-38 (definition 1)
- …tobacco of Petersburg to the black of Sinai, and so on along the scale from Maryland and Porto-Rico, to Latakia,—was exposed in pots of crackled earthenware of which the Dutch are so fond; beside them, in boxes of fragrant wood, were ranged, according to their size and quality, pueros, regalias, havanas, and manillas; and, in an open cabinet, a collection of German pipes, of chibouques, with their amber mouth-pieces ornamented with coral, and of narghiles, with their long tubes of…†
Chpt 39-40 (definition 1)
- "Punctuality," said Monte Cristo, "is the politeness of kings, according to one of your sovereigns, I think; but it is not the same with travellers.†
Chpt 39-40 (definition 1)
- "Alas," continued the stranger, doubtless to dispel the slight cloud that covered Morcerf's brow, "we do not act thus in Italy; we grow according to our race and our species, and we pursue the same lines, and often the same uselessness, all our lives."†
Chpt 41-42 (definition 1)
- The first card struck off was taken, according to your orders, to the Baron Danglars, Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, No. 7; the others are on the mantle-piece of your excellency's bedroom."†
Chpt 41-42 (definition 1)
- One day, when Benedetto was about five or six, our neighbor Vasilio, who, according to the custom of the country, never locked up his purse or his valuables—for, as your excellency knows, there are no thieves in Corsica—complained that he had lost a louis out of his purse; we thought he must have made a mistake in counting his money, but he persisted in the accuracy of his statement.†
Chpt 43-44 (definition 1)
- It was not their proximity that alarmed us, for detachments were constantly patrolling along the banks of the Rhone, but the care, according to the boy's account, that they took to avoid being seen.†
Chpt 43-44 (definition 1)
- Thomson & French set no bounds to their engagements while those of M. Danglars have their limits; he is a wise man, according to his own showing.†
Chpt 45-46 (definition 1)
- All has gone according to my wishes.†
Chpt 47-48 (definition 1)
- Albert related it to his mother; Chateau-Renaud recounted it at the Jockey Club, and Debray detailed it at length in the salons of the minister; even Beauchamp accorded twenty lines in his journal to the relation of the count's courage and gallantry, thereby celebrating him as the greatest hero of the day in the eyes of all the feminine members of the aristocracy.†
Chpt 47-48 (definition 1)
- Nature, according to her way, had made no deviation in the path he had marked out for himself.†
Chpt 47-48 (definition 1)
- I know all that, for it is with the justice of all countries especially that I have occupied myself—it is with the criminal procedure of all nations that I have compared natural justice, and I must say, sir, that it is the law of primitive nations, that is, the law of retaliation, that I have most frequently found to be according to the law of God.†
Chpt 47-48 (definition 1)
- "That is to say," replied Villefort with hesitation, "that human nature being weak, every man, according to your creed, has committed faults."†
Chpt 47-48 (definition 1)
- The rooms had been fitted up in strict accordance with Oriental ideas; the floors were covered with the richest carpets Turkey could produce; the walls hung with brocaded silk of the most magnificent designs and texture; while around each chamber luxurious divans were placed, with piles of soft and yielding cushions, that needed only to be arranged at the pleasure or convenience of such as sought repose.†
Chpt 49-50 (definition 1)
- The carriage was prepared according to orders, and stepping lightly into it, the count drove off at his usual rapid pace.†
Chpt 49-50 (definition 1)
- He was dressed in a common gray blouse and velvet cap, but his carefully arranged hair, beard and mustache, all of the richest and glossiest black, ill accorded with his plebeian attire.†
Chpt 51-52 (definition 1)
- "I won't go unless you give me the album," said the boy, seating himself doggedly in an arm-chair, according to his habit of never giving way.†
Chpt 51-52 (definition 1)
- …mortal; and if it were not, would be sure to become so, thanks to the remedies applied by foolish doctors, who are generally bad chemists, and which will act in favor of or against the malady, as you please; and then there is a human being killed according to all the rules of art and skill, and of whom justice learns nothing, as was said by a terrible chemist of my acquaintance, the worthy Abbe Adelmonte of Taormina, in Sicily, who has studied these national phenomena very profoundly.†
Chpt 51-52 (definition 1)
- Oh, no. In the first place, let us agree that the word poison does not exist, because in medicine use is made of the most violent poisons, which become, according as they are employed, most salutary remedies.†
Chpt 51-52 (definition 1)
- …decided a character to please a fastidious taste; her hair was raven black, but its natural waves seemed somewhat rebellious; her eyes, of the same color as her hair, were surmounted by well-arched brows, whose great defect, however, consisted in an almost habitual frown, while her whole physiognomy wore that expression of firmness and decision so little in accordance with the gentler attributes of her sex—her nose was precisely what a sculptor would have chosen for a chiselled Juno.†
Chpt 53-54 (definition 1)
- "My good fellow," said Chateau-Renaud, "the count is your friend and you treat him accordingly.†
Chpt 53-54 (definition 1)
- "What do you think of the count?" inquired Debray; "he is not much amiss, according to my ideas of good looks."†
Chpt 53-54 (definition 1)
- "He will very probably come of his own accord," said Morcerf.†
Chpt 53-54 (definition 3) *
- The third act had begun; and during its progress the Count of Morcerf, according to his promise, made his appearance in the box of Madame Danglars.†
Chpt 53-54 (definition 1)
- Seven o'clock had just struck, and M. Bertuccio, according to the command which had been given him, had two hours before left for Auteuil, when a cab stopped at the door, and after depositing its occupant at the gate, immediately hurried away, as if ashamed of its employment.†
Chpt 55-56 (definition 1)
- "Into the blue drawing-room, according to your excellency's orders."†
Chpt 55-56 (definition 1)
- I feel as if it were ordained that this man should be associated with all the good which the future may have in store for me, and sometimes it really seems as if his eye was able to see what was to come, and his hand endowed with the power of directing events according to his own will.†
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(2) (accord as in: reached an accord) an agreementeditor's notes: In this sense, accord can refer to a formal agreement (such as one written between two countries) or an informal agreement (such as an unvoiced consensus about what should be done).
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(3) (accord as in: done of her own accord) mindeditor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.