(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
...a fitting way to celebrate the peace ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft n N
2.
If you are ~ed a particular kind of treatment, people act towards you or treat you in that way. (FORMAL)
His predecessor was ~ed an equally tumultuous welcome...
The government ~ed him the rank of Colonel...
The treatment ~ed to a United Nations official was little short of insulting.
= grant
VERB: be V-ed n, V n n, V-ed, also V n to n
3.
If one fact, idea, or condition ~s with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. (FORMAL)
Such an approach ~s with the principles of socialist ideology.
= correspond
VERB: V with n
4.
see also ~ing to
5.
If one person, action, or fact is in ~ with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. You can also say that two people or things are in ~. (FORMAL)
...this military action, taken in ~ with United Nations resolutions...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v, oft PHR with n
6.
If something happens of its own ~, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
In many cases the disease will clear up of its own ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v
7.
If you do something of your own ~, you do it because you want to, without being asked or forced.
He did not quit as France’s prime minister of his own ~.
= voluntarily
PHRASE: PHR after v
8.
If a number of people do something with one ~, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done. (LITERARY)
With one ~ they turned and walked back over the grass.
PHRASE