Sample Sentences for
accord
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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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    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)
    accord = agreement
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    As by common accord, they all rose to their feet.  (source)
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    That is according to your calendar, of course, which even you know isn't very accurate.  (source)
    according to = in keeping with
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    I explained the situation to them as briefly as possible, underlining that their work had been satisfactory and that they would, accordingly, receive good references.  (source)
    accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
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    He was a devout man, and, even with all his impatience, he wanted to live his life in accordance with Muslim law.  (source)
    accordance = keeping (or agreement)
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    Sounis will need to be informed of whatever accords we reach.†  (source)
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    My father belonged to a generation which divided painters into the serious and the amateur, according as they used oil or water.†  (source)
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    Somehow his words and his look did not seem to accord,  (source)
    accord = agree (go together)
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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)
    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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    I was accordingly conducted, by the magistrate and several other persons, to the inn.  (source)
    accordingly = as a result (of what was just said)
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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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    Some level of accord is reached, and soon enough she and Madame Manec are back in the kitchen at Number 4 rue Vauborel.  (source)
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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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    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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    "Curiosity is a dangerous petition: it is well I have not taken a vow to accord every request—"  (source)
    accord = agree
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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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    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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    I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords.  (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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    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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    So we'll leave of our own accord and not wait to be hauled away.  (source)
    own accord = own mind (on her own)
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    the door must have swung open of its own accord.  (source)
    own accord = own mind (on its own without anyone opening it)
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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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    But she didn't get the chance to knock. The door swung open of its own accord.  (source)
    own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (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 feet slowed of their own accord, giving my lungs time to breathe in the scent of rosemary.  (source)
    own accord = own mind (as though done on their own without instruction from the brain)
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    With one accord, though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they flung themselves upon their tormentors.  (source)
    one accord = one mind
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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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    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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    "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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    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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    ...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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    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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    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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    And this accordeth with the fifth Commandement.†  (source)
    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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    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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    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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    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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    In which sense there is nothing that accordeth not with the rest of Holy Scripture, or any glimpse of the fire of Purgatory.†  (source)
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    You will remain a Mask, with all the respect and honor accorded to those of that title.  (source)
    accorded = given/gave special treatment
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    The English Translation before mentioned, following that of Geneva, has, "a Kingdome of Priests;" which is either meant of the succession of one High Priest after another, or else it accordeth not with St. Peter, nor with the exercise of the High Priesthood; For there was never any but the High Priest onely, that was to informe the People of Gods Will; nor any Convocation of Priests ever allowed to enter into the Sanctum Sanctorum.†  (source)
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