accord

Universal Words noun, verb noun a formal agreement between two organizations, countries, etc: The two sides signed a peace accord last July. IDIOMS in accord (with sth/sb) (formal) in agreement with: This action would not be in accord with our policy. * Botanists are not in complete accord about how many species exist. of your own accord without being asked, forced or helped: He came back of his own accord. * The symptoms will clear up of their own accord after a few days. with one accord (BrE, formal) if people do sth with one accord, they do it at the same time, because they agree with each other verb (formal) 1 ~ sth to sb/sth