accord

Definitions of accord
  1. noun
    sympathetic compatibility
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    compatibilité
    capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
  2. noun
    employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
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    emploi, métier, travail
    the occupation for which you are paid
  3. noun
    the thing arranged or agreed to
    synonyms: arrangement
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    confection, organisation
    the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
  4. noun
    the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
    synonyms: mise en ordre, rangement
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    rationalisation
    systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
    mise en ordre, ordre
    the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
    listage
    the act of making a list of items
    formalisation, régularisation
    the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)
    graduation
    the act of arranging in a graduated series
    succession, suite
    the action of following in order
    couche
    the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
    classement par ordre alphabétique
    the act of putting in alphabetical order
    inventaire
    making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
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    activité, occupation
    any specific behavior
  5. noun
    harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
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    désaccord
    a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
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    communion de pensée
    a state of cooperation
    consensus, unanimité
    agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
    unanimité
    everyone being of one mind
    harmonie
    corresponding exactly
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    concorde, harmonie
    a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
  6. noun
    concurrence of opinion
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    consentement
    the verbal act of agreeing
  7. noun
    the verbal act of agreeing
    synonyms: consentement
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    désaccord
    the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
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    consentement
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
    souscription
    agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
    confirmation
    making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
    concorde
    agreement of opinions
    acceptation
    (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
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    expression, formulation
    the use of language to perform some act
  8. noun
    the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
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    lien grammatical
    a linguistic relation established by grammar
  9. noun
    the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
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    marché, pacte
    an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
    convention par écrit
    a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties
    contrat
    a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
    contrat, convention, pacte, traité
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
    arrangement
    a settlement of differences
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    déclaration
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  10. noun
    a mutual promise to marry
    synonyms: promesse
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    promesse
    a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
  11. noun
    a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
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    arrangement
    a settlement of differences
  12. noun
    a state of cooperation
    synonyms: communion de pensée
  13. noun
    the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
    synonyms: arrangement
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    réarrangement
    changing an arrangement
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    composition
    musical creation
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