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disagree

  • verb
  • dis·a·gree
  • /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/

To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

Example

“John disagreed with Mary frequently.”

Other meanings

  1. To fail to conform or correspond with.

    “My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.”

Synonyms

  • differ
  • take issue

Example sentences

  • “I disagree with basically everything he says.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “We agree on far more than we disagree on.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Reasonable people can disagree on this.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old French "desagreer".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “disagree” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.