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accordance

/əˈkɔːdəns/uh-KAWR-duhns
/əˈkɔɹdəns/uh-KAWR-duhns

Meaningthe state of being heart to heart

Common meaning: agreement, as in "in accordance with"

‘to, towards’ + ‘the heart’ → accordance

Journey through time

  1. Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
  2. Old Frenchacordersource
  3. Middle Englishaccordensource
  4. Englishaccord‘agreement’
  5. Englishformed in English from accordaccordance‘agreement, as in "in accordance with"’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from accord + -ance.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ACCORD, p.6 · scan

Roots

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