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[uh-kawr-dns]

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noun

agreement; conformity: in accordance with the rules.

the act of according or granting: the accordance of all rights and privileges.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English acordance < Old French. See accord, -ance

Related forms

pre·ac·cord·ance, noun

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Rulers who acted in accordance with moral norms whenever possible tended to win the race for leadership over the long term.

He has the right to change education policy in accordance with his vision.

It is in accordance with the law that prisoners should be held in places within easy reach of their families.

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Rulers who acted in accordance with moral norms whenever possible tended to win the race for leadership over the long term.

He has the right to change education policy in accordance with his vision.

It is in accordance with the law that prisoners should be held in places within easy reach of their families.

The rebels recently vowed to stop the slaughter, in accordance with an agreement with local wildlife officials.

Acting in one's self-interest means acting in accordance with reality from a long-term perspective.

Tyrannosaurs are coelurosaurs and their movie versions were in accordance with fossilized skin impressions.

Doha officials were acting in accordance with the ban on outside food in the athletes village.

The funeral services were carried out in accordance with the programme previously arranged.

My teaching load was reduced in accordance with my research productivity.

So my sympathies are in accordance with this publications about the whole issue.

In accordance with tradition, no electricity or running water is allowed in residences inside the adobe pueblo.

The charity would then junk the car in accordance with the bill.

The element bags are numbered, allowing the builders to divvy up the spoils in accordance to their skills.

In accordance with the later methods of writing history, the speculative is to be eliminated.

Once you have the job, address them by their first names and dress in accordance with the the others and your own persanl tastes.

The photochromic lens gets darker or lighter in accordance with the intensity of the light.

Each company may independently use your information in accordance with the terms of its privacy policy.

He correctly points out that women often are opportunistic when it comes to acting in accordance.

Some companies do manufacture these products in accordance with the organic philosophy, and will note as much on the label.

He or she has found that it is not in accordance with the normal grieving period and is looking for an alternative explanation.

In accordance with his oft-repeated wish, and after having told of a premonition of death.

Universal expansion is decelerating as previously expected, in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics.

This, it is understood, was distributed long since in accordance with the provisions of the will.

All are running down, in accordance with the second law.

Therefore foreign investors must be aware of, and act in accordance to, the local law.

Lower level rules and strategic level patterns will both be in accordance with social theories agreed upon with the government.

Services will be private, in accordance with her wishes.

The island essentially creates its own weather in accordance with the trade winds.

The cells were purified and grown in strict accordance with a manufacturing.

For the film, the simulator moved the hair and clothing in accordance with the previously animated characters.

In accordance with his wishes his body will be cremated.

In accordance with existing federal privacy laws, individual student data would never be disclosed.

When laser light is bounced off the fibre, the reflected light is modulated in accordance with the electrical signals.

The things have to be interpreted in accordance to real situations, case by case.

Rollins in accordance with a procedure designed to reach potentially interested parties.

In accordance to the evaluation methodology used in the test, he lied.

The number of beneficiaries must be calculated in accordance with these relevant standards.

Su had upgraded her lifestyle in accordance with the university's newfound affluence.

The state protects religious freedom in accordance with established customs.

Also in accordance with these laws, the two girls become lifelong friends.

Indeed, a lot of workers would be outraged if they were so adjusted in accordance with supply and demand.

Other organisms adapt to their environments by changing their genes in accordance with the demands of the surroundings.

The latter will carry on the government in accordance with the existing laws of the duchy.

They have also not come out and say whether the extradition request was made in accordance with the prescribed procedures.

TO describe this collection of fragments as a valediction would apparently be in accordance with the author's wishes.

China strictly acts in accordance with the agreements.

The nature of evolution is to cause a population to change over time in accordance to what its gene pool provides for adaptation.

The case will be processed in accordance with normal procedures.

Males chose their women in accordance with social standing and even bartered amongst men in.

Glyphosate can be used safely, and products should always be used in accordance with label instructions.

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accordance (əˈkɔːdəns)

—n
1.	conformity; agreement; accord (esp in the phrase in accordance with)
2.	the act of granting; bestowal: accordance of rights

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Word Origin & History

accordance

c.1300, from O.Fr. accordance "agreeing," noun of action from accorder (see accord). Phrase in accordance with is attested from c.1810.

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