accord

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Formal

n. a state where people or things agree or work well together.

n. concurrence of opinion or action; a state of harmony between different elements.

“The committee reached an accord after hours of difficult discussion.”

“The architectural design was in perfect accord with the natural landscape of the surrounding valley.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun

n. doing something because you want to, not because someone forced you.

n. voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act; almost exclusively used in the phrase 'of one's own accord'.

“The witness decided to come forward of her own accord to tell the truth.”

“He resigned of his own accord before the board had the opportunity to formally review his performance.”

C1 · Advanced Formal

v. to give someone a particular kind of treatment, status, or respect.

v. to grant, concede, or bestow something upon someone, typically a status, right, or privilege.

Español:acordar

“The visiting president was accorded a very warm welcome by the local community.”

“The constitution accords certain fundamental rights to every citizen, regardless of their social or economic standing.”

C1 · Advanced Formal

v. to be the same as or match something else.

v. to be consistent with or correspond to a particular fact or rule.

“His version of the story does not accord with the evidence found by the police.”

“The results of the second experiment did not accord with the initial hypothesis proposed by the research team.”