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accord as in:  according to, or in accord with

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    She dresses in accordance with the latest fashions.
    accordance = keeping
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    Lady, you and I are in accord.  (source)
    accord = agreement
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    When my father condemned doctors as minions of Satan, Richard turned to Kami and gave a small laugh, as if Dad were joking. But when my father's eyebrows rose, Richard's expression changed to one of serious contemplation and accord.  (source)
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    The officer had fallen asleep inside the car at the time, according to a police spokesperson.  (source)
    according to = as stated by
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    Addicts can articulate very well the consequences of their behavior. But they fail to act accordingly.  (source)
    accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
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    ...to exercise the rights of sovereignty in accordance with the political and economic interests of neighboring France...  (source)
    accordance = keeping (or agreement)
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    The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them.  (source)
    according = in keeping with
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    Sounis will need to be informed of whatever accords we reach.†  (source)
    accords = agrees with
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    ...he worked on bringing Swedish law into accord with that of the EU,  (source)
    accord = agreement
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    It would have accorded with her expectations if nothing had been said,  (source)
    accorded = been in keeping
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    She had made a dumb tactical error in regard to Streicher (she knew she was dumb about National Socialism, but how could she have been expected to be able to gauge the extent of the jealousies and resentments, the squabbles and in-fighting and disaccord which reigned among the Party members of all ranks and categories?)†  (source)
    disaccord = disagree; or not in agreement/harmony/unity with
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disaccord reverses the meaning of accord. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    We will measure your progress and rank you according to your performance in each stage.  (source)
    according to = based upon
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    ...he needed people on a jury who were open-minded enough to understand that rules weren't always what you thought they were, who could listen to the new regulations and follow them accordingly.  (source)
    accordingly = in consequence
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accord as in:  reached an accord

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They're hoping to have a stronger climate-change accord by the end of the year.
accord = agreement
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    We support the Geneva Accord.
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    As one of the fathers of the Unwind Accord, I was expected to set an example.  (source)
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    "You and I are in accord there," he said.  (source)
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    Some level of accord is reached, and soon enough she and Madame Manec are back in the kitchen at Number 4 rue Vauborel.  (source)
    accord = agreement
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    What about the Geneva Accords? ... America was divided on these and a thousand other issues...  (source)
    Accords = agreements
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    I wished to see whether her appearance accorded with Mrs. Fairfax's description;  (source)
    accorded = agreed to
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    If you could for a moment rise up out of your own beloved skin and appraise ant, human, and virus as equally resourceful beings, you might admire the accord they have all struck in Africa.  (source)
    accord = agreement (or arrangement to live together)
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    Valentine never killed a creature who had not broken the Accords, but he did other things.  (source)
    Accords = agreements
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    One afternoon in January, Mrs. Fairfax had begged a holiday for Adele, because she had a cold; and, as Adele seconded the request with an ardour that reminded me how precious occasional holidays had been to me in my own childhood, I accorded it, deeming that I did well in showing pliability on the point.  (source)
    accorded = agreed to
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    On that point they were in accord, for Dick had said, "If we get caught, let's get caught together."  (source)
    accord = agreement
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    He was determined to destroy the Sino-British Hong Kong Accords, shutting down the colony, leaving the whole territory in chaos.  (source)
    Accords = agreements
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    Not banned by international accord?  (source)
    accord = agreement
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    And it's a week after the Accords, Luke.  (source)
    Accords = agreements
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accord as in:  done of her own accord

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    After the fight, he turned himself in of his own accord.
    own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
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    "And will we tell the mayor what's in the box?" the assistant asked. "No, just that it's information they won't need and must not see until the box opens of its own accord." "So the first mayor will pass the box to the next mayor, and that one to the next, and so on..."  (source)
    own accord = on its own
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    I was surprised when the prayer we said after dinner each night, the one with the beads, started up of its own accord and recited itself in the back reaches of my head.  (source)
    own accord = own mind (by itself--as though it had a mind of its own)
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    ...if the old man didn't know how to read, he would probably feel ashamed and decide of his own accord to change benches.  (source)
    own accord = own mind (without anyone asking)
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    With one accord all the beasts rose to their feet, turned toward one of the arched openings, and bowed their heads and tentacles in greeting.  (source)
    one accord = mind
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    My son came of his own accord.  (source)
    own accord = own mind (without anyone asking)
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    With one accord Father and I turned around and walked after him.  (source)
    one accord = one mind (chose the same action without discussing it)
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    Lev knows the kid didn't come here of his own accord. Tithes are never supposed to be left alone. He was sent here to be Lev's buddy.  (source)
    own accord = mind (without anyone asking)
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    As of one accord, we moved toward each other and embraced.  (source)
    one accord = one mind (in agreement)
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    How dare you, woman, to go before the mighty Agbala of your own accord?  (source)
    own accord = own mind (without anyone saying to)
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    I fancy that the same idea seemed to strike the others, for with one accord they shrank back.  (source)
    one accord = one mind (an unvoiced agreement)
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    My wand acted of its own accord.  (source)
    own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
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    They decided with one accord, without even a whisper, to...  (source)
    one accord = one mind
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accord as in:  accord her the respect deserved

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    His lawyers demand he be accorded the status of a captured soldier rather than a spy.
    accorded = given special treatment
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    Her true role is less that of a queen than mother of the hive, a title often accorded to her.  (source)
    accorded = given (special treatment)
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    The men in Ofuna, said the Japanese, weren't POWs; they were "unarmed combatants" at war against Japan and, as such, didn't have the rights that international law accorded POWs.  (source)
    accorded = gave to (as a special privilege)
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    Everyone treated me with the deference accorded only to the school's top athletes.  (source)
    accorded = given
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    And this accordeth with the fifth Commandement.†  (source)
    accordeth = gives special treatment
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She accordeth" in older English, today we say "She accords."
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    ...every privilege, every attention shall be yours that I would accord a peer's daughter, if about to marry her.  (source)
    accord = give (as special treatment to)
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    Thanks be to heaven for the favour it accords me,  (source)
    accords = gives to (as special treatment)
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    Miss Kenton, I believe you are according this matter an urgency it hardly merits.  (source)
    according = giving (special treatment)
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    Having once explained to them that I could not now be explicit about my plans, they kindly and wisely acquiesced in the silence with which I pursued them, according to me the privilege of free action I should under similar circumstances have accorded them.  (source)
    according to = giving to
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    He had been a great and fearless warrior in his time, and was now accorded great respect in all the clan.  (source)
    accorded = given (special treatment)
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    In which sense there is nothing that accordeth not with the rest of Holy Scripture, or any glimpse of the fire of Purgatory.†  (source)
    accordeth = gives special treatment
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    He further gave me leave to accompany the prisoner to London; but declined to accord that grace to my two friends.  (source)
    accord = give special treatment
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    The locket was accorded this place of honor not because it was valuable - in all usual senses it was worthless - but because of what it had cost to attain it.  (source)
    accorded = giving special treatment
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