All 10 Uses of
accord
in
The Lords of Discipline
- No one was allowed in his private study, and according to Tradd and Abigail, no one entered the room, even when Commerce was out to sea.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1) *
- According to you and Tradd, he succeeded admirably.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1)
- The very strangest and that's the gospel according to the honey prince.†
Chpt 3.22 (definition 1)
- Three hundred unjoined versions would circulate through the barracks by midnight, gathered and appropriated by cadets who were not present but who would claim they were, until the fight would enter into the history of that academic year according to joyous laws of storytelling where the annexation of myth becomes a form of truth itself.†
Chpt 3.24 (definition 1)
- Policemen halted traffic at each intersection as our heels thundered on the asphalt, creating that strange alarming music of disciplined men moving according to a single will.†
Chpt 3.26 (definition 1)
- He paused and with a voice almost undone by emotion and conviction said in a clear ringing pronouncement, "Gentlemen, at this moment, and according to the powers invested in me by the Board of Visitors, I command you now to wear the ring, the ring that you and you alone so gallantly and resolutely have earned."†
Chpt 3.26 (definition 1)
- Mr. McLean, last week at retreat formation, someone came up behind me and said I had two weeks to leave the Institute of my own accord.†
Chpt 3.30 (definition 2) *
- He lacked, according to General Stone, the physical stamina that the organization deemed necessary?†
Chpt 4.34 (definition 1)
- People have a tendency to believe everything I say when I'm breaking their arm," Pig said affably and without belligerence, only stating facts according to his vision of the world.†
Chpt 4.40 (definition 1)
- Only three other people would ever know I was lying, and according to the honor code they too would be implicated in the lie by their toleration of it.†
Chpt 4.41 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis 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
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(2) (accord as in: done of her own accord) mindeditor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.