noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/əˈkɔːd/
US:/əˈkɔɹd/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
CMU ARPABET:AH0 K AO1 R D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Agreement of opinion, will, or action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Agreement or harmony of things in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the accord of light and shade in painting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: perfumery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
An international agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: international law
Examples
The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sit, agree
Antonyms: none provided
11
verb
Meaning 11
To agree in pitch and tone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: render
Antonyms: none provided
13
verb
Meaning 13
To give consent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
verb
Meaning 14
To arrive at an agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
noun
Meaning 15
sympathetic compatibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compatibility
16
noun
Meaning 16
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treaty, pact
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: written agreement
Narrower terms: alliance, commercial treaty, peace, peace treaty, pacification, convention, North Atlantic Treaty, SALT I, SALT II
17
noun
Meaning 17
concurrence of opinion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
we are in accord with your proposal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conformity, accordance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement
18
noun
Meaning 18
harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the two parties were in agreement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agreement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: harmony, concord, concordance
Narrower terms: community, community of interests, concurrence, meeting of minds, consensus, sense of the meeting, unanimity, unison, social contract
19
verb
Meaning 19
allow to have
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
grant a privilege
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: allot, grant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give
Narrower terms: give, enfranchise
20
verb
Meaning 20
go together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The colors don't harmonize
Their ideas concorded
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise, consort, concord, fit in, agree
From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below).
From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, from Latin concordāre via prefix substitution (with Latin ad-), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-, and thus distantly related to English heart (via Proto-Germanic *hertô).
Across languages
Translations
104 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Amharic:
ስምምነት
(səmmənät)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English:
abaata
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Arabic:
تَفَاهُم
(tafāhum)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Belarusian:
пагадне́нне
(pahadnjénnje)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Bengali:
সামঞ্জস্য
(śamonjosśo)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Bulgarian:
съгла́сие
(sǎglásie)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Cebuano:
panaghiuyon
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Czech:
souhlas
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Esperanto:
akordo
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Estonian:
kokkulepe
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Finnish:
sopusointu
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
French:
entente
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
German:
Übereinstimmung
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
German:
Einvernehmen
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
German:
Übereinkommen
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
German:
Übereinkunft
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Hebrew:
הֶסְכֵּם
(heskem)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Hindi:
समझौता
(samjhautā)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Ido:
akordo
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Indonesian:
kesepakatan
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Indonesian:
persetujuan
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Interlingua:
accordo
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Italian:
accordo
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Japanese:
合意
(gōi)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Korean:
협정
(hyeopjeong)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Macedonian:
слога
(sloga)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Macedonian:
сложност
(složnost)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Khiamniungan Naga:
thòlòuh-îe
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Polish:
porozumienie
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Portuguese:
acordo
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Romanian:
acord
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Romanian:
înțelegere
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Russian:
согла́сие
(soglásije)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Spanish:
acuerdo
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Spanish:
convenio
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Ukrainian:
зго́да
(zhóda)
— agreement or concurrence of opinion
Belarusian:
ако́рд
(akórd)
— harmony of sounds
Belarusian:
гармо́нія
(harmónija)
— harmony of sounds
Bengali:
সামঞ্জস্য
(śamonjosśo)
— harmony of sounds
Bulgarian:
ако́рд
(akórd)
— harmony of sounds
Bulgarian:
хармо́ния
(harmónija)
— harmony of sounds
Dutch:
akkoord
— harmony of sounds
Finnish:
harmonia
— harmony of sounds
German:
Akkord
— harmony of sounds
Hindi:
समझौता
(samjhautā)
— harmony of sounds
Korean:
일치
(ilchi)
— harmony of sounds
Polish:
akord
— harmony of sounds
Russian:
акко́рд
(akkórd)
— harmony of sounds
Russian:
гармо́ния
(garmónija)
— harmony of sounds
Ukrainian:
ако́рд
(akórd)
— harmony of sounds
Ukrainian:
гармо́нія
(harmónija)
— harmony of sounds
Bengali:
সামঞ্জস্য
(śamonjosśo)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Bulgarian:
съгла́сие
(sǎglásie)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Bulgarian:
мир
(mir)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Bulgarian:
хармо́ния
(harmónija)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
German:
Abstimmung
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
German:
Einklang
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
German:
Harmonie
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
German:
Übereinstimmung
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Hindi:
समझौता
(samjhautā)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Macedonian:
согласност
(soglasnost)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Russian:
согла́сие
(soglásije)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Russian:
гармо́ния
(garmónija)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Ukrainian:
гармо́нія
(harmónija)
— agreement, harmony, or just correspondence
Spanish:
iniciativa propia
— voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act
Spanish:
voluntad propia
— voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act
Bulgarian:
съгласувам
(sǎglasuvam)
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
Finnish:
mukauttaa
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
German:
anpassen
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
German:
einstellen
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
German:
in Übereinstimmung bringen
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
Polish:
zgodzić się
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
Spanish:
acordar
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
Spanish:
concordar con
— transitive: to make to agree or correspond
German:
harmonisieren
— transitive: to bring to an agreement
German:
in Einklang bringen
— transitive: to bring to an agreement
German:
annähern
— transitive: to bring to an agreement
German:
versöhnen
— transitive: to bring to an agreement
German:
ausgleichen
— transitive: to bring to an agreement
Spanish:
acordar
— transitive: to bring to an agreement
Finnish:
olla yhtä mieltä
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
German:
übereinstimmen
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
German:
harmonieren
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
German:
zustimmen
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
German:
decken
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
German:
in Einklang stehen
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
Russian:
гармони́ровать
(garmonírovatʹ)
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
Russian:
соотве́тствовать
(sootvétstvovatʹ)
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
Russian:
согласо́вываться
(soglasóvyvatʹsja)
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
Spanish:
acordar
— intransitive: to agree or correspond; to be in harmony
Bulgarian:
предлагам помощ
(predlagam pomošt)
— transitive: to grant
Estonian:
andma
— transitive: to grant
Finnish:
myöntää
— transitive: to grant
French:
accorder
— transitive: to grant
German:
gewähren
— transitive: to grant
German:
bewilligen
— transitive: to grant
German:
zugestehen
— transitive: to grant
German:
erteilen
— transitive: to grant
German:
bieten
— transitive: to grant
Russian:
предоставля́ть
(predostavljátʹ)
— transitive: to grant
Russian:
ока́зывать
(okázyvatʹ)
— transitive: to grant
Russian:
жа́ловать
(žálovatʹ)
— transitive: to grant
Spanish:
acordar
— transitive: to grant
Ukrainian:
надава́ти
(nadaváty)
— transitive: to grant
