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agree

  • verb
  • a·gree
  • ə-grē'

To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

Example

“All parties agree in the expediency of the law.”

Other meanings

  1. To give assent; to accede.

    “The workers did not agree to the new terms offered by the trade union.”

  2. To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

Antonyms

  • disagree

Related words

  • agreeability
  • agreeance
  • reagree
  • agree to disagree
  • agreeable
  • agreer
  • agree with
  • disagree
  • agreement
  • pre-agree
  • misagree

Example sentences

  • “I bet most people would agree with you.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “I largely agree with what you said.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “This way, I agree with you!”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Latin "ad" (to).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “agree” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.