agreement
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Latin grātumder. Old French gré Old French agreer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French agrementbor. Middle English agrement English agreement From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.
Definitions
An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
- to enter an agreement
- The UK and US negotiators were nearing agreement.
- He nodded his agreement.
A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion
A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
- The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.
A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
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Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or…
Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
An agreeable quality.
- Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].
The neighborhood
- synonymconvention
- synonymcovenant
- synonymmeeting of the minds
- synonympact
- synonymtreaty
- synonymconcurrence
- synonymharmony
- synonymaccord
- synonymaccordance
- synonymagreement
- synonymcompliance
- synonymconcert
- antonymconflict
- antonymdisagreement
- antonymdiscord
- antonymdiscordance
- antonymdissension
- neighboragreeance
- neighboragreed
- neighboragreed upon
- neighborapproval
- neighborconsent
- neighborconsensus
- neighboragree
- neighboragreeable
- neighborpact
Derived
agreement as to succession, agreement conferring jurisdiction, agreement coorporation, agreement in principle, agreement on the choice of court, antiagreement, anti-agreement, Aumann's agreement theorem, Buttonwood Agreement, Chequers agreement, choice of court agreement, choice of forum agreement, collective agreement, collective-bargaining agreement, concession agreement, conditional agreement, contractual agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, definitive agreement, disagreement, double tax agreement, end user license agreement, end-user license agreement, executive agreement, financial agreement, forum selection agreement, framework agreement, gentleman's agreement, gentlemen's agreement, heads of agreement, in agreement, interagreement, interest rate agreement, knock-for-knock agreement, legal agreement, letter agreement, margin agreement, memorandum of agreement, midnuptial agreement, misagreement · +36 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at agreement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at agreement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at agreement
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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