of one's own accord en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /əv ˌwʌnz oʊn əˈkɔɹd/ (General-American)
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- /əv ˌwʌnz əʊn əˈkɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
PIE word *ḱérd From accord (“spontaneous or voluntary impulse to act”).
Meanings
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On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled; of one's own volition.
On the return journey, however, the whistle began to sound once more of its own accord, and was still going at full blast when the train reached Barnstaple at about 9 p.m.
1950 September, “A West Country Whistle”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 578:[O]n mine ovvne accord, Ile off, / But firſt, Ile do my errand.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 284, column 2:An online petition supporting her deportation received more than 40,000 signatures. Home Affairs minister Tony Burke said his department was reviewing whether it could revoke Jones's visa. However, the BBC understands that she left the country of her own accord.
2025 March 15, Tiffany Wertheimer, “'For holding a wombat, thousands threatened my life'”, in BBC:[T]his same car of justice, which he finds it so hard to put in motion on some occasions, can on others run fast enough down hill of its own accord, dragging his reluctant self backwards along with it, […]
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 163:But thankes bee to God which put the ſame earneſt care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being more forward, of his owne accord he went vnto you.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 8:16–17, column 2:He feeds on fruits, vvhich, of their ovvn accord, / The vvilling Ground, and laden Trees afford.
1697, Virgil, “The Tenth Pastoral. Or, Gallus.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 92, lines 715–716:And yet I didn't mean to do anything very wrong, and when I did meet him I wouldn't as much as let him take me by the hand;—not of my own accord.
1860 July – 1861 June (date written), Anthony Trollope, “The Angel of Light under a Cloud”, in Orley Farm. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 59:Depend on it, Marilla, she'll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that's what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she'd take next and make more trouble than ever.
1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “A Tempest in the School Teapot”, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, published August 1909, →OCLC, pages 165–166:
Relateds
voluntarily · leave to one's own devices · willingly
Synonyms
autonomously · under one's own steam · at one's own instigation · on one's own bat · spontaneously · mero motu · off one's own bat
Translations (45)
nl eigener beweging (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ru доброво́льно (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · pl na własne życzenie (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · is sjálfviljugur (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · cmn 自願 /自愿 (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · uk з вла́сної во́лі (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ja 自発的 (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ga de dheoin (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · gu સ્વયં (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · fi omin luvin (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · pl z dobrej i nieprzymuszonej woli (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ga as do stuaim féin (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · pl z własnej i nieprzymuszonej woli (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · mk добро́волно (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · sv på eget bevåg (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · is að fyrra bragði (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ga de do leointe féin (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · gu પોતમેળે (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · gu સ્વમેળે (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · mk по со́пствена во́лја (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · fr de sa propre initiative (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ga de do dheoin féin (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ru по со́бственной во́ле (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · sv av sig själv (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · hy ինքնագլուխ (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · uk доброві́льно (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · mk по со́пствена же́лба (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ru по со́бственному жела́нию (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · gu પોતાની મેળે (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · grc αὐτόθεν (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · de auf eigene Faust (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · it di propria iniziativa (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · nl goedschiks (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · gu આપોઆપ (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · is óbeðinn (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · gu આપમેળે (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · fi vapaaehtoisesti (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · hy ինքնըստինքյան (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · fr de son propre chef (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · it da sé (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · is af sjálfsdáðum (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · sv självmant (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · pl z własnej woli (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · nl op eigen houtje (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously) · ga de do leontaíl féin (on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously)