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ac·cord  (-kôrd)

v. ac·cord·ed, ac·cord·ing, ac·cords

v.tr.

1. To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.

2. To grant, especially as being due or appropriate: accorded the President the proper deference.

3. To bestow upon: I accord you my blessing.

v.intr.

To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at agree.

n.

1. Agreement; harmony: act in accord with university policies.

2. A settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions.

3. A settlement of points at issue between nations.

4. Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action: The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.

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[Middle English accorden, from Old French acorder, from Medieval Latin accordre, to bring into agreement : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

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ac·corder n.

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according [əˈkɔːdɪŋ]

adj

1. (foll by to) in proportion; in relation salary will be according to age and experience

2. (foll by to) on the report (of); as stated (by)

3. (foll by to) in conformity (with); in accordance (with) everything went according to plan

4. (foll by as) depending (on whether)

5. Not standard dependent on it's all according where you want to go

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	according - (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" accordant - being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy
	2.	according - (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians" reported - made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings"

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according

adjective

according to

1. as claimed by, in the opinion of, on the authority of, as stated by, as believed by, on the report of, as maintained by According to local gossip they haven't been in touch for years.

2. in keeping with, in line with, consistent with, in accordance with, in the manner of, in harmony with, in agreement with, in concert with, in sympathy with, in compliance with, in conformity with, in obedience to, after the manner of, in assent with, in congruence with They played according to the rules.

3. in relation to, depending on, in proportion to, proportional to, commensurate with Prices vary according to the quantity ordered.

Translations

according [əˈkɔːdɪŋ] ADV

1. according to → según; (= in accordance with) → conforme a, de acuerdo con
according to him → según él ...
according to what he told me → según me dijo
it went according to plan → salió conforme a or de acuerdo con nuestros planes
classified according to size → clasificado por or según tamaños
to play the game according to the rules → jugar siguiendo las reglas

2. according as → según que, a medida que

according [əˈkɔːdɪŋ] prep according to → secondo, stando a
according to him → secondo lui
according to what he says → stando a quanto dice
they will be punished according to the seriousness of their crimes → saranno puniti a seconda della gravità dei loro delitti
it went according to plan → è andata secondo quanto previsto