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accord

noun
noun
BrE BrE//əˈkɔːd//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈkɔːrd//
Peacekeeping
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  • a formal agreement between two organizations, countries, etc. The two sides signed a peace accord last July. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivepeace, trade, international, … verb + accordnegotiate, reach, sign, … prepositionaccord between, accord on, accord with, … See full entry See related entries: Peacekeeping
    •  Word OriginOld English, from Old French acorder ‘reconcile, be of one mind’, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’; influenced by concord. Wordfinderallyaccord, ally, bilateral, cross-border, diplomat, embassy, international, rapprochement, relationship, treatyExtra examples A peace accord was reached on 26 March. They signed a trade accord with the Americans. a trade accord between Europe and the United States an accord on environmental protection The US-Canada free trade accord has come under political scrutiny. The countries drew up accords on economic and technical cooperation.Idioms
    in accord (with something/somebody)
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    (formal) in agreement with This action would not be in accord with our policy. Botanists are not in complete accord about how many species exist.
    of your own accord
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    without being asked, forced or helped He came back of his own accord. The symptoms will clear up of their own accord.
    with one accord
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    (British English, formal) if people do something with one accord, they do it at the same time, because they agree with each other
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