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verb (used without object)
1.
to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often followed by with): I don't agree with you.
2.
to give consent; assent (often followed by to): He agreed to accompany the ambassador. Do you agree to the conditions?
3.
to live in concord or without contention; get along together.
4.
to come to one opinion or mind; come to an arrangement or understanding; arrive at a settlement: They have agreed on the terms of surrender.
5.
EXPANDto be consistent; harmonize (usually followed by with): This story agrees with hers.
6.
to correspond; conform; resemble (usually followed by with): The play does not agree with the book.
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to be suitable; comply with a preference or an ability to digest (usually followed by with): The food did not agree with me.
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COLLAPSEverb (used with object)
9.
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause): I agree that he is the ablest of us.
10.
Chiefly British. to consent to or concur with: We agree the stipulations. I must agree your plans.
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Agreeing
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English agre, agreen < Anglo-French, Old French agre(e)r from phrase a gre at pleasure, at will; a < Latin ad to, at; gre < Latin grātum (see gree2)
1350–1400; Middle English agre, agreen < Anglo-French, Old French agre(e)r from phrase a gre at pleasure, at will; a < Latin ad to, at; gre < Latin grātum (see gree2)
Related forms
a·gree·ing·ly, adverb
in·ter·a·gree, verb (used with object), in·ter·a·greed, in·ter·a·gree·ing.
pre·a·gree, verb (used without object), pre·a·greed, pre·a·gree·ing.
Synonyms
1. Agree, consent, accede, assent, concur all suggest complying with the idea, sentiment, or action of someone. Agree, the general term, suggests compliance in response to any degree of persuasion or opposition: to agree to go; to agree to a meeting, to a wish, request, demand, ultimatum. Consent, applying to rather important matters, conveys an active and positive idea; it implies making a definite decision to comply with someone's expressed wish: to consent to become engaged. Accede, a more formal word, also applies to important matters and implies a degree of yielding to conditions: to accede to terms. Assent conveys a more passive idea; it suggests agreeing intellectually or verbally with someone's assertion, request, etc.: to assent to a speaker's theory, to a proposed arrangement. To concur is to show accord in matters of opinion, as of minds independently running along the same channels: to concur in a judgment about a painting. 5. See correspond.
1. Agree, consent, accede, assent, concur all suggest complying with the idea, sentiment, or action of someone. Agree, the general term, suggests compliance in response to any degree of persuasion or opposition: to agree to go; to agree to a meeting, to a wish, request, demand, ultimatum. Consent, applying to rather important matters, conveys an active and positive idea; it implies making a definite decision to comply with someone's expressed wish: to consent to become engaged. Accede, a more formal word, also applies to important matters and implies a degree of yielding to conditions: to accede to terms. Assent conveys a more passive idea; it suggests agreeing intellectually or verbally with someone's assertion, request, etc.: to assent to a speaker's theory, to a proposed arrangement. To concur is to show accord in matters of opinion, as of minds independently running along the same channels: to concur in a judgment about a painting. 5. See correspond.
Antonyms
2. refuse, decline. 5. disagree.
2. refuse, decline. 5. disagree.
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