All 25 Uses of

accord

in

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

According to your directive he's supposed to copy such things himself, but he chucked the report at me before he left for the bar yesterday.†
Chpt 1.2

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

According to Blomkvist the same rules had to apply to financial journalists.†
Chpt 1.5

The taxi driver, whose name, according to his ID posted on the window, was Hussein, nodded when Blomkvist asked whether they had been having rough weather.†
Chpt 2.8

He sat on the kitchen bench and tried to read a novel which, according to the back cover text, was the sensational debut of a teenage feminist.†
Chpt 2.8

Blomkvist came to the conclusion that these interviews had been conducted according to a scale of decreasing importance.†
Chpt 2.8

But three months ago Palmgren had had a stroke, and Nils Erik Bjurman had inherited her in accordance with some bureaucratic pecking order.†
Chpt 2.9

accordance = keeping with; or agreement with

He had immediately concluded that there was a discrepancy between Palmgren's obligations, according to the regulations of guardianship, and the fact that he had apparently allowed the Salander girl to take charge of her own household and finances.†
Chpt 2.9

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

Blomkvist agreed with Vanger that the chances of a sixteen-year-old girl going off of her own accord and then staying hidden for...
Chpt 2.9 *

own accord = own mind (without anyone telling her to do it)

According to Vanger the name may have originated from the Dutch van Geerstat; if that was the case, the lineage could be traced as far back as the twelfth century.†
Chpt 2.9

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

According to family tradition, Birger and Gottfried fought like cats—they were legendary competitors for power and influence over the family business.†
Chpt 2.9

Remaining were twenty-three family members who, according to Vanger, had to be included in the group of "suspects."†
Chpt 2.9

According to the Hedestad Courier, Blomkvist's first month out in the country was the coldest in recorded memory, or (as Vanger informed him) at least since the wartime winter of 1942.†
Chpt 2.10

She mentioned "Magnus"—who, according to her description, was a nerdy computer programmer her own age who treated her like a gentleman should, took her to the cinema, and sometimes shared her bed.†
Chpt 2.10

Her classmates thought she was crazy and treated her accordingly.
Chpt 2.12 *

accordingly = in keeping with what was just stated

According to the schedule he had devised, he wanted to have a final draft for Henrik Vanger to look at by the first of September, so that he could spend the autumn revising the text.†
Chpt 2.13

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

According to what Vanger told him, Gottfried continued to work in the Vanger Corporation—interrupted by periods when he was on wild binges—until 1964.†
Chpt 3.15

According to the map there was a path through the woods to something called the Fortress.†
Chpt 3.15

It was a two-storey wooden building that housed a video store and Sundström's Haberdashery, established in 1932 according to a plaque on the front door.†
Chpt 3.16

For a time suspicion was directed at a neighbour in the village, a bachelor who in his youth was suspected of an allegedly homosexual crime—this was back when homosexuality was still a punishable offence—and according to several statements, he had a reputation for being "odd."†
Chpt 3.19

I've finished the job according to the contract we signed with Blomkvist.†
Chpt 3.22

According to their plans, only Berger and the new managing editor, Malin Eriksson, were due to be there to handle any calls.†
Chpt Epil.

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
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)