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root((CORD))
accord
1、 To grant.
2、 To be in harmony; agree.
🌱What she told police under questioning didn't accord with the accounts of the other witnesses. 🌳A new federal law may accord with—or be in accordance with—the guidelines that a company has already established. The rowdy behavior of the hero Beowulf accords with Norse ideals of the early Middle Ages; but such behavior wouldn't have been in accordance with the ideals of a later young lord from the same general region, Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet. Accord is also a noun, meaning "agreement." Thus, we often hear of two countries signing a peace accord; and we also frequently hear of two things or people being "in accord with" each other. concord 1、 A state of agreement: harmony.
2、 A formal agreement.
🌱In 1801 Napoleon signed a concord with the pope reestablishing the Catholic Church in France. 🌳The roots of concord suggest the meaning "hearts together." At the very outset of the American Revolution, the town of Concord, Massachusetts, was the site of a famous battle—obviously not exactly in keeping with its name. It shares that name with the capital of New Hampshire and a few other towns and cities, and Concordia, the original Latin word for "concord," is the name of several Lutheran universities. Today concord is a rather formal term, probably most often used to mean a specific agreement; thus, two countries may sign a concord on matters that have led to trouble in the past. cordial Warm, friendly, gracious.
🌱After the meeting, the president extended a cordial invitation to everyone for coffee at her own house. 🌳Anything that is cordial comes from the heart. Cordial greetings to friends on the street, or cordial relations between two countries, are warm without being passionate. Cordial is also a noun, which originally meant any stimulating medicine or drink that was thought to be good for the heart. Today a cordial is a liqueur, a sweetened alcoholic drink with interesting flavoring. Cordials such as crème de menthe, Drambuie, or Benedictine are alcoholic enough to warm the spirits and the heart. discordant Being at odds, conflicting, not in harmony.
🌱The first discordant note at dinner was struck by my cousin, when he claimed the president was only interested in taking away our guns. 🌳Discord, a word more common in earlier centuries than today, means basically "conflict," so discordant often means "conflicting." The opinions of Supreme Court justices are frequently discordant; justices who disagree with the Court's decision usually write a dissenting opinion. Discordant is often used with a somewhat musical meaning, suggesting that a single wrong note or harmony has been heard in the middle of a performance—even though musical words such as chord actually come from a different Latin word, meaning "cord" or "string" （a reference to the strings of ancient instruments such as the lyre）.
2、 To be in harmony; agree.
🌱What she told police under questioning didn't accord with the accounts of the other witnesses. 🌳A new federal law may accord with—or be in accordance with—the guidelines that a company has already established. The rowdy behavior of the hero Beowulf accords with Norse ideals of the early Middle Ages; but such behavior wouldn't have been in accordance with the ideals of a later young lord from the same general region, Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet. Accord is also a noun, meaning "agreement." Thus, we often hear of two countries signing a peace accord; and we also frequently hear of two things or people being "in accord with" each other. concord 1、 A state of agreement: harmony.
2、 A formal agreement.
🌱In 1801 Napoleon signed a concord with the pope reestablishing the Catholic Church in France. 🌳The roots of concord suggest the meaning "hearts together." At the very outset of the American Revolution, the town of Concord, Massachusetts, was the site of a famous battle—obviously not exactly in keeping with its name. It shares that name with the capital of New Hampshire and a few other towns and cities, and Concordia, the original Latin word for "concord," is the name of several Lutheran universities. Today concord is a rather formal term, probably most often used to mean a specific agreement; thus, two countries may sign a concord on matters that have led to trouble in the past. cordial Warm, friendly, gracious.
🌱After the meeting, the president extended a cordial invitation to everyone for coffee at her own house. 🌳Anything that is cordial comes from the heart. Cordial greetings to friends on the street, or cordial relations between two countries, are warm without being passionate. Cordial is also a noun, which originally meant any stimulating medicine or drink that was thought to be good for the heart. Today a cordial is a liqueur, a sweetened alcoholic drink with interesting flavoring. Cordials such as crème de menthe, Drambuie, or Benedictine are alcoholic enough to warm the spirits and the heart. discordant Being at odds, conflicting, not in harmony.
🌱The first discordant note at dinner was struck by my cousin, when he claimed the president was only interested in taking away our guns. 🌳Discord, a word more common in earlier centuries than today, means basically "conflict," so discordant often means "conflicting." The opinions of Supreme Court justices are frequently discordant; justices who disagree with the Court's decision usually write a dissenting opinion. Discordant is often used with a somewhat musical meaning, suggesting that a single wrong note or harmony has been heard in the middle of a performance—even though musical words such as chord actually come from a different Latin word, meaning "cord" or "string" （a reference to the strings of ancient instruments such as the lyre）.
CORD, from the Latin word for "heart," turns up in several common English words. So does its Greek relative card-, which is familiar to us in words such as cardiac, "relating to the heart."🌸