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Definition
in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity with
This sense 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
- Crake's sexual needs were direct and simple, according to Oryx; not intriguing, like sex with Jimmy.p. 314.4
- According to Jimmy's mother their phones and e-mail were bugged, and the sturdy, laconic HelthWyzer housecleaners that came twice a week — always in pairs — were spies.p. 54.1
- All this negative stuff, this is no good, that's no good, nothing's ever good enough, according to you!"p. 56.7
- Sublimation, all of it; nothing but sublimation, according to the body.p. 85.8
- Every week, according to the phases of the moon — dark, first quarter, full. second quarter — the women stand in the tidal pools and call the unlucky fish by name — only fish, nothing more specific.p. 101.1
- According to Crake — and Snowman has seen nothing since to disprove it — the chemicals programmed into the men's urine are effective against wolvogs and rakunks, and to a lesser extent against bobkittens and pigoons.p. 154.7
- Falling in love, although it resulted in altered body chemistry and was therefore real, was a hormonally induced delusional state, according to him.p. 193.1
- According to them it had been game over once agriculture was invented, six or seven thousand years ago.p. 242.9
There are no more uses of "accord" in Oryx and Crake.
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