accord
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6.0
- noun
- /əˈkɔrd/
- Formal
:
acuerdo
- On March 13, 1991, Canada and the United States signed an air quality accord dealing with transboundary pollution.
- peace accord
- sign an accord
- reach an accord
So this is a slam on a peace accord between Ukraine and Russia.
- So this is a slam on a peace accord between Ukraine and Russia.
- Excuse me, the US is joining of the Paris climate accord again.
- I I'm very encouraged by the Abraham Accords, Trump achievements first time.
- Why he won on a peace platform, anyone promising to sign the Minsk accords.
- What happened instead was the Oslo Accords.
- However, Vladimir Putin suggests that Zielinski more Zielinski refuses to implement the Minsk accords.
- Last month, China's leader Xi Jinping declared that China would not be sticking with the Paris climate accords.
- Most of this people who actually join these meetings refuse to be invited to any meeting about Abrahamic Accords.
- For this reason, governments are forced to weigh their commitments to workers and voters in their countries against their commitments to the Paris Climate Accords.
- We've had more than three dozen countries sign on to go to the moon with us through the Artemis Accords and, and, and it is still a huge sort of tool of US soft power in the world.
Examples
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Excuse me, the US is joining of the Paris climate accord again.
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Reports are coming in that the peace accord between the two countries... Signed last month is in danger of collapse.
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Hopes of a new Israeli- Palestinian accord are growing as talks in Geneva enter their third day.
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In El Salvador and Guatemala, governments and rebel groups signed peace accords in 1992 and 1996, respectively.
Academic text (2012) -
The peace accord was signed to end decades of conflict between the two nations.
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After months of negotiation, both leaders finally reached an accord to strengthen their economic ties.
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The recent climate accord aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Synonyms
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1.4
An agreement, often about buying or selling
∞
2.8
A written agreement between people or companies that the law can enforce
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1.4
A promise made between two or more people, often written
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4.1
A written agreement between countries about peace, trade or other relations
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3.4
An agreement between two or more countries to work together
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4.1
An international agreement that countries sign to set common rules
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6.5
A written promise between groups or nations about what they will and will not do
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2.7
A document that writes down what two or more people agree to
An agreement between people or groups reached after discussion
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
An agreement where a debtor pays less and the creditor accepts it as full settlement
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Accord in the sense of a formal agreement comes from the Latin root cor meaning 'heart', giving the idea 'of one heart' when groups or nations agree. That's why an accord between countries is a formal agreement where they act together.