All 11 Uses of

accord
in
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell

Each couple has been videotaped, and the results have been analyzed according to something Gottman dubbed SPAFF (for specific affect), a coding system that has twenty separate categories corresponding to every conceivable emotion that a married couple might express during a conversation.†
Chpt 1

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

Your unconscious was simply telling your body: I've picked up some clues that we're in an environment that is really concerned about old age—and let's behave accordingly.†
Chpt 2

accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated

Addicts can articulate very well the consequences of their behavior. But they fail to act accordingly.
Chpt 2 *

Harding, according to Russell, could have put on a toga and stepped onstage in a production of Julius Caesar.†
Chpt 3

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

A salesman, if he or she is to be successful, has to gather all of that information—figuring out, say, the dynamic that exists between a husband and a wife, or a father and a daughter—process it, and adjust his or her own behavior accordingly, and do all of that within the first few moments of the encounter.†
Chpt 3

accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated

According to the Millennium Challenge scenario, a rogue military commander had broken away from his government somewhere in the Persian Gulf and was threatening to engulf the entire region in war.†
Chpt 4

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

In the 1980s, Van Riper would often take part in training exercises, and, according to military doctrine, he would be required to perform versions of the kind of analytical, systematic decision making that JFCOM was testing in Millennium Challenge.†
Chpt 4

Consumer Reports put together a panel of food experts and had them rank forty-four different brands of strawberry jam from top to bottom according to very specific measures of texture and taste.†
Chpt 5

Wilson and Schooler had another group of students provide a written explanation for their rankings, and they put Knott's Berry Farm—the best jam of all, according to the experts— second to last, and Sorrell Ridge, the experts' worst jam, third.†
Chpt 5

But suddenly we're asked to stipulate, according to a list of terms, why we think that, and the terms are meaningless to us.†
Chpt 5

The conventional wisdom at the time held that expressions were culturally determined—that is, we simply used our faces according to a set of learned social conventions.†
Chpt 6

Definitions:

(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with)
in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity with
This 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
(2) (accord as in: reached an accord)
an agreement

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).
(3) (accord as in: done of her own accord)
mind

This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.
(4) (accord as in: accord her the respect deserved)
to give someone special treatment -- especially respect