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  • n  harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
  • n  concurrence of opinion
    we are in accord with your proposal
  • n  a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  • n  sympathetic compatibility
  • v  go together
  • v  allow to have

  • The intractable dispute over assimilating the former guerrillas into the army, as per the terms of the peace accord signed in November 1984, could have led to a military coup.
  • By coming up with a unity accord, Dinshaw wants to exit as a good statesman and give the impression that he was a unifier.
  • The President says that the new Prime Minister will support the peace accord.
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  • Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor
    Yet President Obama, during a summit with Chinese leaders this week, noted that "our aim ...... is not a partial accord or a political declaration, but rather an accord that covers all of the issues in the negotiations and one that has immediate...
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York Times (blog)
    Mrs. Clinton emphasized that such a level of support was only possible "in the context of a strong accord in which all major economies stand behind meaningful mitigation actions and provide full transparency as to their implementation."
  • Robert Plant in MTV.com
    During the Zeppelin years, Ahmet Ertegun was a major foundation of solidarity and accord,Plant said. "For us he was Atlantic Records and remained a close friend and conspirator - this performance stands alone as our tribute to the work and...

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