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agreeing: according voices raised in censure.
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According
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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verb (used without object)
1.
to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make agree or correspond; adapt.
3.
to grant; bestow: to accord due praise.
4.
Archaic. to settle; reconcile.
noun
Idiom5.
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
6.
a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc.
7.
consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
8.
an international agreement; settlement of questions outstanding among nations.
9.
of one's own accord, without being asked or told; voluntarily: We did the extra work of our own accord.
Origin:
1100–50; Middle English ac(c)corden, late Old English acordan < Old French acorder < Vulgar Latin *accordāre, equivalent to Latin ac- ac- + cord- heart, mind; see cordial, heart
1100–50; Middle English ac(c)corden, late Old English acordan < Old French acorder < Vulgar Latin *accordāre, equivalent to Latin ac- ac- + cord- heart, mind; see cordial, heart
Related forms
ac·cord·a·ble, adjective
ac·cord·er, noun
non·ac·cord, noun
pre·ac·cord, noun, verb (used without object)
un·ac·cord·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDAntonyms
1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
1. conflict. 3. withhold, deny; withdraw.
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Word Origin & History
according
late 14c., "agreeing," prp. adj. and adv. from accord (q.v.). According to, lit. "in a manner agreeing with" is attested from mid-15c. Accordingly "agreeably" is mid-15c.; meaning "in agreement with logic or expectation" is recorded 1680s.
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