accord
verb/əˈkɔːd/
/əˈkɔːrd/
(formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they accord | /əˈkɔːd/ /əˈkɔːrd/ |
| he / she / it accords | /əˈkɔːdz/ /əˈkɔːrdz/ |
| past simple accorded | /əˈkɔːdɪd/ /əˈkɔːrdɪd/ |
| past participle accorded | /əˈkɔːdɪd/ /əˈkɔːrdɪd/ |
| -ing form according | /əˈkɔːdɪŋ/ /əˈkɔːrdɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody/something authority, status or a particular type of treatment
- accord something to somebody/something Our society accords great importance to the family.
- There were complaints about the special treatment accorded to some of the candidates.
- accord somebody/something sth Our society accords the family great importance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- with
Word OriginOld English, from Old French acorder ‘reconcile, be of one mind’, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’; influenced by concord.Want to learn more?
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