accord
noun /əˈkɔːd/
/əˈkɔːrd/
Idioms - a formal agreement between two organizations, countries, etc.
- The two sides signed a peace accord last July.
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc2, War and conflictc2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- peace
- trade
- international
- …
- negotiate
- reach
- sign
- …
- accord between
- accord on
- accord with
- …
Word OriginOld English, from Old French acorder ‘reconcile, be of one mind’, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’; influenced by concord.
Idioms
in accord (with something/somebody)
- (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.
Wordfinder
- accord
- ally
- bilateral
- cross-border
- diplomat
- embassy
- international
- rapprochement
- relationship
- treaty
of your own accord
- 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
- (British English, formal) if people do something with one accord, they do it at the same time, because they agree with each otherTopics Opinion and argumentc2