accordance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈkoː.dəns/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
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- /əˈkoɹ.dəns/ (Canada, General-American)
- /əˈkɔː.dəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
* (compliance): First attested around 1300. * (agreement): First attested in the early 14th century. * accord + -ance * From Middle English accordaunce, from Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
And what had been done that was not in strict accordance with the law of Parliament?
1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:However, I do not think it appropriate to divide my history in accordance with this threefold partition, so as to deal with singular instances separately, but I shall mix the three kinds, joining things natural with artificial, ordinary with extraordinary, and paying very close attention to all the most useful ones.
1607, Francis Bacon, Phenomena of the Universe Or Natural History for the Building Up of Philosophy, Preface:Chinese citizens who exit or enter China shall, in accordance with the law, apply for passports or other travel documents.
2012, Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, Chapter II (Exit and Entry of Chinese Citizens), Article 9:
- (countable, uncountable) The act of granting something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| accordances | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| accordaunce | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unaccordance · in accordance with
Synonyms
harmony · unison · coincidence
Translations (21)
hu egyetértés (agreement; harmony; conformity) · fr accordance (agreement; harmony; conformity) · ru согла́сие (agreement; harmony; conformity) · nl overeenstemming (agreement; harmony; conformity) · es acordanza (agreement; harmony; conformity) · fo samsvar (agreement; harmony; conformity) · hu összhang (agreement; harmony; conformity) · pt acordo (agreement; harmony; conformity) · sv enlighet (agreement; harmony; conformity) · bg съгласие (agreement; harmony; conformity) · tr uygunluk (agreement; harmony; conformity) · tr uyum (agreement; harmony; conformity) · fi sopusointu (agreement; harmony; conformity) · uk зго́да (agreement; harmony; conformity) · bg съответствие (agreement; harmony; conformity) · sv överensstämmelse (agreement; harmony; conformity) · de Übereinstimmung (agreement; harmony; conformity) · af ooreenstemming (agreement; harmony; conformity) · et vastavus (agreement; harmony; conformity) · ru соотве́тствие (agreement; harmony; conformity) · ro conformitate (agreement; harmony; conformity)