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Accordance

Definitions: Accordance

Accordance

Noun

1. Concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal".

2. The act of granting rights; "the accordance to Canada of rights of access".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "accordance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Accordance \Ac*cord"ance\, noun. [Old French expression acordance.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Accordance

Synonyms: accord (n), accordance of rights (n), conformity (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Accordance

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Noun: agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding.

Adjective: agreeing, suiting; Verb: in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; Noun: at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.

Conformity

Adverb: conformably; Adjective: by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual, ad instar, instar omnium; more solito, more-majorum. for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course, of course; pro forma, for form's sake, by the card.

Giving

Noun: giving; Verb: bestowal, bestowment, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award.

Permission

Authorization, warranty, accordance, admission.

Uniformity

Noun: uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; consistency; connaturality, connaturalness; homology; accordance; conformity; agreement; consonance, uniformness. regularity, constancy, even tenor,.routine; monotony.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Accordance

English words defined with "accordance": abide by, accede, Accentually, Accordable, accordance of rights, Accordancy, Accordantly, accordingly, act on, adhere, alter, Analogically, Antiscriptural, Atomicallybiblicalcall after, change, comply, Concent, conform to, conscientious, consistency, Cosmographically, customarydenotative, DietarianEkaboron, exact, explicit, Exscripturalfalse, fashionable, follow, formulaicgenuinely, Geometrize, go byHydrostaticalillegitimacy, In pursuance of, Indeterminate quantity, inflect, insurance claimjustice of the peace, justlylawful, legitimacy, legitimate, Leviratical, Levitically, licit, logicalmechanical, Mediaevally, meticulousnatural, Natureless, Neonomian, Nomocracy, nonnatural, normalotherworldlyparanormal, Platonistic, preternatural, punctiliousRationalistical, really, regular, rightSalic law, scriptural, seasonably, stalinise, stalinize, stylish, SulphionTextually, The Revised Version of the Bible, To name, transcendental, trulyUnisonance, unnatural, unseasonably, usualvary, Vernier compassWave line. (references)
Specialty definitions using "accordance": Administrative Procedure Act, Admonitionists, AGENT-LICENSING CLERK, agents'-records clerk, AIRPORT-MAINTENANCE CHIEF, airy sign, allowable cut, APPEALS REVIEWER, VETERAN, assessable profit, authorised capital, authorized capital, authorized capital stock, AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT REPAIRERBAGGAGE-AND-MAIL AGENT, baker, paint, balance storage, bindery operator, BINDERY WORKER, black body, blackbody, border inspection post, Boyle's law pressure suit, branch manager, BRIDGE INSPECTOR, BRIDGE OPERATOR, SLIP, bridge tender, BUDGET OFFICERcar distributor, CARPENTER, PROTOTYPE, carpenter, ship, CELL INSTALLER, central planning team, certificate of completion, certificates, Chief Executive Officers, Hospital, chocolate finisher, chocolate refiner, chocolate-finisher operator, chocolate-refining roller, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTITIONER, CLAIM EXAMINER, cleared as filed, COCOA-BEAN ROASTER II, COIL-REWIND-MACHINE OPERATOR, colliery plan, COLOR-PRINTER OPERATOR, combustion analyst, compartment marking, complete license, CONDOMINIUM MANAGER, CONDUCTOR, PASSENGER CAR, CONDUCTOR, ROAD FREIGHT, Constitutions of Clarendon, CONTRACT PATH, control unit, CORRECTIVE THERAPIST, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, cost of living adjustment, cost-of-living-adjustment, coverage of accidents statistics, customer engineer, CUSTOMER SERVICES COORDINATOR, custom-made device, CUSTOMS BROKER, customs-house broker, cutting supervisorDancing Master, DATA COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN, declaration of condominium ownership, DEHYDRATOR TENDER, DEMOLITION SPECIALIST, dial device, diminished responsibility, DIRECTOR OF PUPIL PERSONNEL PROGRAM, director of social services, DIRECTOR, CORRECTIONAL AGENCY, DIRECTOR, DENTAL SERVICES, DIRECTOR, LICENSING AND REGISTRATION, DIRECTOR, MEDICAL FACILITIES SECTION, DIRECTOR, SERVICE, DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, DIRECTOR, UTILITY ACCOUNTS, diver assistant, DIVER HELPER, diver tender, DOCUMENTATION SUPERVISOR, DRAFTER, DETAIL, drier operator, DRIER TENDER, drill pattern, DRY-HOUSE TENDEREDDY-CURRENT INSPECTOR, EDGING-MACHINE SETTER, EDITOR, NEWSPAPER, EDITOR, TELEGRAPH, editor, wire, EDITORIAL WRITER, editor-in-chief, newspaper, electronically-controllable coupler, EMPLOYMENT-AND-CLAIMS AIDE, enamel burner. (references)
Etymologies containing "accordance": AccordancyNatureless. (references)

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Modern Usage: Accordance

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And so, Theodore Donald Karabozoz, in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your final mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

Clever

How to act insane: Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Accordance

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Manual of the Lodge - 1898: Or Monitorial Instructions in the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, & Master Mason Arranged in Accordance wi (reference)

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church: Revised in Accordance With the Official Latin Text Promulgated by Pope John Paul II (reference)

  • Comte De Gabalis: Discourses on the Secret Sciences and Mysteries, in Accordance With the Principles of the Ancient Magi and the Widsom of the kabali (reference)

  • Divination by Flowers: Being in Accordance With Hermetic Doctrine Concerning Solar and Lunar Influences (reference)

  • Jewish cookery in accordance with the Jewish dietary laws (reference)

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Periodicals

  • Directory Of Products Evaluated In Accordance With Intl Regional And Foreign National Standards (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Accordance

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

Confucius

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Accordance

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Divisions and Army Corps headquarters staffs shall be organised in accordance with Table No. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

Surely we should work with conscious purpose for a grand pacification of Europe, within the structure of the United Nations and in accordance with its Charter. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

United Nations

1948

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Accordance

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As the life and good fame of yonder man were in your hands, there seemed no choice to me, save to be silent, in accordance with your behest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Accordance

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In such cases, FDA may pursue other avenues, depending on specific circumstances and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. (references)

Promptly bury (or--preferably--burn followed by burying, when in accordance with local requirements) all garbage and trash, or discard in covered trash containers. (references)

All potentially infective waste material (including respirator filters) from clean-up operations that cannot be burned or deep buried on site should be double bagged in appropriate plastic bags. The bagged material should then be labeled as infectious (if it is to be transported) and disposed of in accordance with local requirements for infectious waste. (references)

Business

Technical requirements are in accordance with E.U. directives. (references)

Internet related commerce is treated in accordance with general rules and procedures. (references)

Journalists also must protect state secrets in accordance with the State Security Law. (references)

Children

Solomon Islands

Children are respected and protected within the traditional extended family system, in accordance with a family's financial resources and access to services. (references)

Antigua and Barbuda

The opposition UPP called for a full and thorough investigation, but observers claimed that there was an effort to cover up the incidents, rather than to prosecute in accordance with existing legislation for the protection of minors. (references)

Cape Verde

In 2000 the Government updated its studies of social policy priorities and legal rights for children and adolescents and restructured the Cape Verdean Institute for Children in accordance with norms in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (references)

Civil Liberties

Monaco

Stations that broadcast from the Principality operate in accordance with French and Italian regulations. (references)

Morocco

Missionaries who conduct themselves in accordance with societal expectations largely are left unhindered. (references)

Philippines

Some ulama also support the MILF's goal of forming an autonomous region governed in accordance with Islamic law. (references)

Economic History

Greece

Commercial and bankruptcy laws in Greece are in accordance with international norms. (references)

Guyana

Guyana has undertaken an Economic Recovery Plan in accordance with IMF recommendations. (references)

Azerbaijan

However, in accordance with Azerbaijani law, actual sales are officially quoted in manat. (references)

Human Rights

Zambia

Judgments often are not in accordance with the Penal Code. (references)

Slovak Republic

Police defended the action and stated that it was in accordance with the law. (references)

Djibouti

By the end of 2000, the Government had released 201 prisoners in accordance with the amnesty. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

The commission, in accordance with an agreement signed in 1999, has Inuit, Quebec, and federal representatives. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

When violence broke out, the Government, in accordance with the Race Relations Act, set up independent boards of inquiry to determine the causes of the violence and examine its effects on multiethnic communities. (references)

Political Economy

Oman

Much decision-making is consensual in accordance with long-standing tradition. (references)

Political Rights

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

On March 28, elections were held in accordance with the agreement. (references)

Nauru

During the country's history, all of its changes in government have been peaceful and in accordance with the Constitution. (references)

Liberia

The 1997 legislative and presidential elections were held under a special election law in accordance with the terms of the Abuja Peace Process. (references)

Trade

Sweden

The bill of lading should be completed in accordance with the invoice. (references)

Cape Verde

Customs valuation is made in accordance with the definitions of Brussels' convention. (references)

Vietnam

Other than these, any enterprise can export goods in accordance with its business license. (references)

Travel

Trinidad

Where the public holiday is a religious observance, the date is selected in accordance with the particular religious calendar. (references)

Thailand

Water quality ranges widely . Many Thai people drink bottled water which is inexpensive and readily available . In Bangkok and major cities, tap water is safe enough for bathing . Water is priced from $0.15 to $0.43 per cubic meter in accordance with the usage. (references)

Honduras

According to Executive Order No. 8, the following procedures have been developed to facilitate the entrance into Honduras of foreigners who wish to invest in agricultural, agribusiness, industrial, tourism and export projects, in accordance with government promotion and investment policies and the Export Processing Zone Law. (references)

Women

El Salvador

The PNC maintained that it was investigating the allegations in accordance with standard operating procedures. (references)

Hungary

Prostitution is illegal; however, in accordance with the law, there are "tolerance zones" where such activity may occur. (references)

Algeria

Women suffer from discrimination in inheritance claims; in accordance with Shari'a, women are entitled to a smaller portion of an estate than are male children or a deceased husband's brothers. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

Workers who strike in accordance with the law retain their right to social insurance but not to pay. (references)

Marshall Islands

Wages in the cash economy are determined by market factors in accordance with the minimum wage and other laws. (references)

Bahamas

Employers may dismiss workers in accordance with applicable contracts, which generally require some severance pay. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion -- thus: Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man. Minor Premise: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds; therefore -- Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second. This may be called the syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Accordance

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James K. Polk

1845-1849A concise enumeration of the principles which will guide me in the administrative policy of the Government is not only in accordance with the examples set me by all my predecessors, but is eminently befitting the occasion.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974I pledge to you tonight that I shall meet this responsibility with all of the strength and wisdom I can command in accordance with your hopes, mindful of your concerns, sustained by your prayers.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977In accordance with the Constitution, I come before you once again to report on the state of the Union.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Accordance

"Accordance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Accordance" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3261,292

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Accordance

Expressions using "accordance": accordance of rights be in accordance with in accordance in accordance with in accordance with rules in accordance with that wage rate fixed in accordance with collective and other arrangements. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Accordance

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

accordance

75

accordance in

6

accordance bible software

3

accordance bible

2

accordance everything in

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Accordance

Language Translations for "accordance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

akkoord (accommodation, accord, adjustment, agreement, arrangement, chord, concord, concurrence), ooreenstemming (accord, agreement, concord, concurrence), ooreenkoms (accord, agreement, concord, concurrence). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

akordim (allocation, tuning), përshtatje (adaptation, adjustment, appropriateness, aptness, concord, conformation, conformity, fit, fitness, naturalization, readjustment), përputhje (consistency, consonance, correspondence, occlusion, osculation), marrëveshje (agreement, arrangement, articles, bargain, bond, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concordat, concurrence, consonance, contract, convention, covenant, deal, dealings, entente, pact, settlement, stipulation, treaty, tune, undertaking). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مطابقة (accord, conformity, correspondence, identity, stratification), ‏إنسجام (accord, agreement, concert, concord, concordance, conformity, congruence, consonance, correspondence, curve, exaltation, harmony, smoothness, sympathy, symphony, unison, unity). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съгласие (accord, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consent, consonance, consort, fiat, grant, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, unity, yea, yes), съответствие (adequacy, agreement, appropriateness, aptness, conformity, congruence, correspondence, fit, parallel, parallelism, parity, pendant, tally), съобразност, удовлетворяване (indulgence), оказване (conferment, rendering), изпълняване (execution, fulfillment, redemption), даване (adduction, grant, rendering). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

依照 (Conformance). (various references)

   

Czech

  

shoda (accord, agreement, community, compliance, concord, conformity, congruence, conjuncture, correspondence, Deuce, harmony, oneness, parity, unanimity, understanding, union, unity). (various references)

   

Danish

  

akkord (accord, agreement, chord, coalition, concord, concurrence, settlement). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

akkoord (accommodation, accord, adjustment, agreed, agreement, arrangement, chord, concurrence, okay, settlement), overeenstemming (accord, agreement, amicable arrangement, amicable settlement, chord, concord, concurrence, settlement), overeenkomst (accord, agreement, analogy, concurrence, contract, convention, covenant, resemblance, similarity). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

akorda kun (in accordance with), konforme al (in accordance with). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

موافقت (Accord, Acquiescence, Adhesion, Agreement, Approbation, Approval, Assent, Concurrence, Congruity, Consent, Endorsement, Sympathy, Understanding), مطابقت (Compatibility, Concord, Correspondence), وفق , توافق (Accord, Adhesion, Agreement, Analogy, Band, Coincidence, Compromise, Concord, Concurrence, Consistency, Rapport, Settlement, Understanding), تطابق , جوربودن (Adhere, Comport). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sopimus (accord, agreement, arrangement, concurrence, contract, convention, pact, treaty). (various references)

   

French

  

accord (accord). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

akkoart (accommodation, accord, adjustment, agreement, arrangement, concurrence), akkoard (accord, agreement, chord, concurrence), oerienstimming (accord, agreement, concurrence). (various references)

   

German

  

Zustimmung (adherence, adhesion to an existing contract, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, assentation, compliance, consent, indulgence, o.k., okay, sanction). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμφωνία (accord, agreement, arrangement, coherence, coherency, compact, compliance, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, consonance, deal, pact, stipulation, symphony, written document). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ב"תאם (according to, after, in step, respectively). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

akkord (accord, agreement, chord, concurrence), megegyezés (accord, agreement, arrangement, coincidence, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consilience, consistence, consistency, consonance, consonancy, consort, contract, covenant, entente, go, squaring, stand in, stand-in, understanding), összhangzat (accord, agreement, concurrence), összhang (accord, chime, concert, concordance, conformity, consonance, consonancy, consort, correspondence, diapason, harmony, rapport, symphony, unison). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

samraemi (accord, agreement, concurrence), samræmi (accord, agreement, concurrence), samningur (accord, agreement, concurrence), samkomulag (accord, agreement, concurrence), samhljómur (accord, agreement, concurrence). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menurut (according, according to, ala). (various references)

   

Italian

  

concordanza (accord, agreement, concord, concord of tense, concordance, rapport, sequence of tenses), accordo (accommodation, accord, agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, chord, compact, concert, concord, concurrence, consent, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, deal, harmony, keeping, permission, settlement, treaty, tune, tuning, understanding, unity). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

通り (avenue, following ~, in accordance with ~, street, way), 照応 (anaphora, being in accordance with, correspondence), 依願 (in accordance with one's request), "って  (consequently, in accordance with, therefore), "って (consequently, in accordance with, therefore), 則る  (to be in accordance with, to conform to), 則る (to be in accordance with, to conform to), 合に応じて (in accordance with the situation). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

したがって (consequently, in accordance with, therefore), しょうおう (anaphora, being in accordance with, correspondence), ばあいにおうじて (in accordance with the situation), のっとる (to be in accordance with, to capture, to conform to, to occupy, to usurp), どおり (following ~, in accordance with ~), いが" (ago, as yet, before, in accordance with one's request, previous, since, still, stomach cancer). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

일치 (According, Coincidence, Consensus, matching, rapport). (various references)

   

Manx

  

freggyrtys (accountability, accountableness, answerableness, aptness, responibility). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

avtale (accommodation, accord, agreement, appointment, concurrence, date, fix, rendezvous). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

akuerdo (accord, agreement, concurrence). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

accordanceay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

acordo (accession, accord, agreement, cartel, chime, combination, compact, compromise, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consent, consonance, contract, convention, deal, keeping, pact, settling, stand in, treaty), conformidade (abidance, agreement, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, rapport). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

acord (accede, accession, accord, agree, agreement, arrangement, assent, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unity), consimţãmânt (accord, acquiescence, adhesion, agreeableness, approval, assent, consent, leave), concordanţã (accord, agreement, concordance, conformity, congruence, consistency, correspondence, harmony, keeping, sequence). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

согласие (accord, acquiescence, agreement, amity, assent, chime, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, oneness, unison, unity), соответствие (abidance, according, adequacy, agreeableness, appropriateness, aptness, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformance, conformance to, conformity, correspondence, fitness, mapping, parallel, suitability). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

saglasnost (accord, agreement, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consent, consentaneity, keeping). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acuerdo (accommodation, accord, adjustment, agreement, arrangement, chord, concord, concurrence, convention, deal, entente, filet, fillet, keeping, meeting of minds, settlement, settling, understanding). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

mapatano (accord, agreement, concurrence). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ackord (accord, agreement, chord, composition, concurrence, contract, piece), beviljande (charter, concession, franchise, grant, licence), överenstämmelse (accord, agreement, coincidence, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congruity), överensstämmelse (accord, agreement, conformity, congruence, correspondence, identity, oneness), överenskommelse (accord, agreement, concord, concordat, concurrence, contract, convention, covenant, deal, pact). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

kásunduan (accord, agreement, concurrence). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

anlaxma (accommodation, accord, agreement, concurrence), ahenk (accord, agreement, cadence, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concordance, concurrence, congruence, congruity, consonance, echo, euphony, harmony, rhythm, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), uyuxma (accord, agreement, concurrence), uyum (accommodation, accord, balance, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, conformity, congruence, congruity, consecution, consistence, consistency, consonance, harmony, keeping, proportion, rapport, rhythm, scheme, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), uygunluk (acceptability, adaptation, adequacy, advisability, appositeness, aptitude, coherence, coherency, comeliness, compatibility, concord, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, convenience, correctitude, correctness, correspondence, decency, expedience, expediency, felicity, fidelity, fitness, handiness, happiness, opportuneness, pertinence, propitiousness, propriety, relevance, relevancy, seemliness, sufficiency, suitability), uygun olma (eligibility, fit, suitability). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

laяyklyk (proportion), kybap (conformity). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

гармонія (accord, cadence, chord, concord, consonance, harmonic, harmonica, harmony, rhythm, unison), відповідність (accord, adequacy, appropriateness, aptness, concordance, conformity, congruence, correspondence, parallel, suitability, sympathy, truth), надання (assignation), згода (accedence, accord, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yea, yes), злагода (harmony, tune, unity). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự ban cho (adjudgement, adjudgment, gift, grant), sự đ"ng ý (accord, acquiescence, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, concurrence, consent, imprimatur, o.k.). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

yn unol a+ (in accordance with, in agreement with). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Accordance

Derivations

Words beginning with "accordance": accordances. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Accordance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accoedance, accoredance, acordance. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Accordance"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "accordance" (pronounced ukô"rduns)
4-d u n sabundance, ascendance, attendance, avoidance, cadence, coincidence, confidence, correspondence, credence, decadence, dependence, dissidence, evidence, guidance, impedance, imprudence, incidence, independence, interdependence, jurisprudence, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, precedence, Providence, prudence, residence, riddance, subsidence, transcendence.
3-u n sabeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, acceptance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, assistance, assurance, audience, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, dalliance, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, province, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Accordance

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-d-e-n-o-r"

-4 letters: accord, acnode, arcade, arcane, canard, cancer, candor, canoed, cedarn, cornea, corned, craned, dancer, deacon, nacred.

-5 letters: acned, acorn, acred, adore, adorn, anear, anode, arced, areca, arena, cacao, cadre, caeca, caned, caner, canoe, cared, cedar, codec, coden, coder, coned, cored, crane, credo, crone, dance, decor, denar, drone, nacre, narco, oared, ocean, ocrea, oread, raced, racon, radon, rance, recon, redan, redon.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-c-d-e-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: accordances.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Accordance


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 63 6F 72 64 61 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.-.    -.-.    ---    .-.    -..    .-    -.    -.-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01110010 01100100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#99 &#111 &#114 &#100 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0063 006F 0072 0064 0061 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35696981847067806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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