All 24 Uses of

accord
in
The Sunlight Dialogues

"According to the law—" Kozlowski began.†
Chpt 1 *

according to = as stated by; or in agreement with

His temper fits gave him splitting headaches—histamine headaches, according to the doctor in Rochester.†
Chpt 4

Every word he said was moronic, according to you, and any fool could see what you said was moronic, not that the Old Man didn't trouble to point it out.†
Chpt 4

And if by magic, well, according to a piece he'd seen in the Reader's Digest once, there were police departments in big cities like New York that used people like the Sunlight Man all the time.†
Chpt 5

It was locked when Hodge got there, according to Hodge—I don't think Hodge has realized the importance of that just yet.†
Chpt 5

They bought and sold by the horoscope, fanned according to the omens, catalogued the organs of living things for their simultaneous physical and spiritual meanings.†
Chpt 7

There, according to the boy's version, one of the cops said, "You're a wiseguy, ain't you," and struck him.†
Chpt 8

He dropped out of school; volunteered for the Peace Corps but didn't get in; burned his draft card; marched to Mississippi and came home profoundly disillusioned with Negroes; moved to Buffalo, N.Y., where according to a friend there were going to be riots any day.†
Chpt 10

According to the Jews, a man is responsible for obeying laws, performing his duties.†
Chpt 11

According to the Babylonians, the greatest responsibility is to remain absolutely free.†
Chpt 11

According to recent statistics—or anyway recent in 1906—there are in the United States, in round numbers, 19,500,000 horses, mules, and burros, 61,000,000 cattle, 47,000,000 hogs, and 51,600,000 sheep.†
Chpt 12

In the taxi, afterward, he sat with his fingers interlocked, dark suitcoat open, sucking at the pipe he'd for some reason bought at the airport this morning (it was bitter as alum: he'd never yet had a pipe that wasn't, and the taste made his stomach knot tighter than usual—when he'd searched his pockets, a minute ago, he'd found he had only a half-roll of Tums remaining: have to stop at a drugstore, he'd thought, but despite the rage of his stomach he'd forgotten it already), a BBB, one of the best pipes made in England, according to the man at the counter, the band sterling silver, a steal—pure highway robbery—at fourteen dollars.†
Chpt 14

According to the clock on the dashboard, it was five-to-two in the morning.†
Chpt 17

When the whole thing blew up, sixteen years ago, she wrote letters to the paper that the Communists had her husband locked up in a cellar, whole town full of secret agents, according to Kathleen.†
Chpt 19

He was a madman, close to violence, according to the opinion of the psychiatrist, and Clumly could believe it.†
Chpt 21

In San Francisco, California, according to what I read, every time they arrest a person they have to hand him a card that tells him what his rights are.†
Chpt 24

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