agree

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action

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

   • All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
   • I mostly agree with what you said, but I consider your last point to be unfair.
   • I couldn’t agree more with what you say, but my brother still doesn't quite agree.
2. 2

   To give assent

   To give assent; to accede.

   • It was agreed to meet here at midday.
   • The workers did not agree to the new terms offered by the trade union.
3. 3

   To yield assent to

   To yield assent to; to approve.

   • We agreed a bargain yesterday.
   • ... and there, after a good while in discourse, we did agree a bargain of £5,000 with Sir Roger Cuttance for my Lord Sandwich for silk, cinnamon, ...
   • The essential idea is that parties should enter the market, choose their contractors, set their own terms and agree a bargain.
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   1. 4

      To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price

      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.

      • Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
      • But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
   2. 5

      To resemble

      To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.

      • The picture does not agree with the original.
      • The two scales agree exactly.
   3. 6

      To suit or be adapted in its effects

      To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

      • The same food does not agree with every constitution.
   4. 7

      To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case,…

      To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.

      • In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to.
   5. 8

      To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

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• synonymcome around
• synonymgive way
• synonymassent
• synonymdeal
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• synonymcoexist
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• synonymcomprobate
• antonymdisagree
• antonymclash
• antonymjar
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