accord
/əˈkɔɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.81 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen."
- "a mediator of an accord and peace between them"
- "Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays."
- "In a languid and mysterious chant Sister Clara raised her voice, and her acolytes kept accord on their mandolines […]."
- "the accord of light and shade in painting"
- "Oriental fragrances often incorporate an accord referred to as amber. It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱerd-, accord, acort, accorden, acorder, *accordāre
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkɔɹd/
- British English: /əˈkɔːd/