DIMENSIONS: EVALUATION / Perspective
C O N S I D E R A T I O N S
Concurrence
Proper relationship or proportion
Harmony
Consent
Agreement [exactly or in all factors]
Correspondence
Adapt
Grant
Bestow
Reconcile
R E F E R E N C E S
Accord 1. proper relationship or proportion; harmony. 2. a harmonious union of sounds. 3. consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement. 4. an international agreement. -v.t. 5. to make to agree or correspond; adapt. 6. to grant; bestow: to accord due praise. -v.i. 7. to be in agreement or correspondence; agree. [Late OE ãcordian < VL *acordÑre + L ac- AC- + cord- heart, mind + ãre inf. suffix (translated -ian in OE].
-Syn. 5. reconcile. 7. concur. See correspond [Correspond, Agree, Accord imply comparing persons or things and finding that they harmonize. Correspond suggests having an obvious similarity, though not agreeing in every detail: Part of this report corresponds with the facts. Agree implies having or arriving at a condition in which no essential difference of opinion or detail is evident: All the reports agree. Accord emphasizes agreeing exactly, both in fact and in point of view: This report accords with the other.
Accordance n. 1. agreement; conformity: in accordance with the rules. 2. act of according or granting; the accordance of all rights and privileges. . . .
According adj. 1. agreeing. 2. Informal, depending: It's all according to what you want to do. Cf. according to. [ME]
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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