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ac·cord

(ə-kôrd′)

v. ac·cord·ed, ac·cord·ing, ac·cords

v.tr.

1. To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate: accorded the president the proper deference.

2. Archaic To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.

v.intr.

To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at correspond.

1. Agreement; harmony: act in accord with university policies.

2. A settlement or compromise between conflicting parties: The strikers and the owners reached an accord.

3. Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action: The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.

[Middle English accorden, from Old French acorder, from Medieval Latin accordāre, to bring into agreement : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

ac·cord′er n.

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according

(əˈkɔːdɪŋ)

adj

1. (foll by to) in proportion; in relation: salary will be according to age and experience.

2. (foll by to) on the report (of); as stated (by)

3. (foll by to) in conformity (with); in accordance (with): everything went according to plan.

4. (foll by as) depending (on whether)

5. not standard dependent on: it's all according where you want to go.

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Adj.	1.	according - (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" accordant - being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy
	2.	according - (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians" reported - made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings"

according

adjective

according to

1. as claimed by, in the opinion of, on the authority of, as stated by, as believed by, on the report of, as maintained by According to local gossip they haven't been in touch for years.

2. in keeping with, in line with, consistent with, in accordance with, in the manner of, in harmony with, in agreement with, in concert with, in sympathy with, in compliance with, in conformity with, in obedience to, after the manner of, in assent with, in congruence with They played according to the rules.

3. in relation to, depending on, in proportion to, proportional to, commensurate with Prices vary according to the quantity ordered.

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conforme a

according

[əˈkɔːdɪŋ] ADV

1. according to → según; (= in accordance with) → conforme a, de acuerdo con
according to him → según él ...
according to what he told me → según me dijo
it went according to plan → salió conforme a or de acuerdo con nuestros planes
classified according to size → clasificado por or según tamaños
to play the game according to the rules → jugar siguiendo las reglas

2. according as → según que, a medida que

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according

[əˈkɔːdɪŋ] prep according to → secondo, stando a
according to him → secondo lui
according to what he says → stando a quanto dice
they will be punished according to the seriousness of their crimes → saranno puniti a seconda della gravità dei loro delitti
it went according to plan → è andata secondo quanto previsto

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According to the constitution of every State in the Union, some or other of the officers of government are appointed indirectly only by the people.

The President is indirectly derived from the choice of the people, according to the example in most of the States.

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Epigram iii on Midas of Larissa was otherwise attributed to Cleobulus of Lindus, one of the Seven Sages; the address to Glaucus (xi) is purely Hesiodic; xiii, according to MM.

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[1256a] As a slave is a particular species of property, let us by all means inquire into the nature of property in general, and the acquisition of money, according to the manner we have proposed.

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Now, according to our definition, Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete, and whole, and of a certain magnitude; for there may be a whole that is wanting in magnitude.

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This doctor therefore proposed, "that upon the meeting of the senate, certain physicians should attend it the three first days of their sitting, and at the close of each day's debate feel the pulses of every senator; after which, having maturely considered and consulted upon the nature of the several maladies, and the methods of cure, they should on the fourth day return to the senate house, attended by their apothecaries stored with proper medicines; and before the members sat, administer to each of them lenitives, aperitives, abstersives, corrosives, restringents, palliatives, laxatives, cephalalgics, icterics, apophlegmatics, acoustics, as their several cases required; and, according as these medicines should operate, repeat, alter, or omit them, at the next meeting."

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And finally, as it is not enough, before commencing to rebuild the house in which we live, that it be pulled down, and materials and builders provided, or that we engage in the work ourselves, according to a plan which we have beforehand carefully drawn out, but as it is likewise necessary that we be furnished with some other house in which we may live commodiously during the operations, so that I might not remain irresolute in my actions, while my reason compelled me to suspend my judgement, and that I might not be prevented from living thenceforward in the greatest possible felicity, I formed a provisory code of morals, composed of three or four maxims, with which I am desirous to make you acquainted.

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Sawyer, that a more unmanly, brutal treatment of a little pony it was never my painful lot to witness, and by giving way to such passion you injure your own character as much, nay more, than you injure your horse; and remember, we shall all have to be judged according to our works, whether they be toward man or toward beast."