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a⋅gree

[uh-gree]

verb, a⋅greed, a⋅gree⋅ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol. by with): I don't agree with you.

2.	to give consent; assent (often fol. 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.	to be consistent; harmonize (usually fol. by with): This story agrees with hers.

6.	to correspond; conform; resemble (usually fol. by with): The play does not agree with the book.

7.	to be suitable; comply with a preference or an ability to digest (usually fol. by with): The food did not agree with me.

8.	Grammar. to correspond in inflectional form, as in number, case, gender, or person; to show agreement. In The boy runs, boy is a singular noun and runs agrees with it in number.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to concede; grant (usually fol. 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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME agre, agreen < AF, OF agre(e)r from phrase a gre at pleasure, at will; a < L ad to, at; gre < L grātum (see gree ² )

Related forms:

a⋅gree⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

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.

Antonyms:
2. refuse, decline. 5. disagree.

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a·gree (ə-grē')

v. a·greed, a·gree·ing, a·grees

v. intr.

To grant consent; accede: We agreed to her suggestion.
To come into or be in accord, as of opinion: I agree with you on that. Our views on the election agree.
To come to an understanding or to terms: We agreed on the price.
To be compatible or consistent; correspond: The copy agrees with the original. His story agrees with mine.
To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful: Spicy food does not agree with me.
Grammar To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

v. tr.
To grant or concede: My parents agreed that we should go.

[Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer, from Vulgar Latin *aggrātāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin grātus, pleasing; see g^werə-² in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These verbs all indicate a compatibility between people or things. Agree may indicate mere lack of incongruity or discord, although it often suggests acceptance of ideas or actions and thus accommodation: We finally agreed on a price for the house.
Conform stresses correspondence in essence or basic characteristics, sometimes as a result of established standards: Students are required to conform to the rules.
Harmonize implies the combination or arrangement of elements in a pleasing whole: The print on the curtains harmonized with the striped sofa.
Accord implies harmony, unity, or consistency, as in essential nature: "The creed [upon which America was founded] was widely seen as both progressive and universalistic: It accorded with the future, and it was open to all" (Everett Carll Ladd).
Correspond refers to similarity in form, nature, function, character, or structure: The Diet in Japan corresponds to the American Congress.
Coincide stresses exact agreement: "His interest happily coincided with his duty" (Edward A. Freeman). See Also Synonyms at assent.

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Agree

A*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agreed; p. pr. & vb. n. Agreeing.] [F. agr['e]er to accept or receive kindly, fr. [`a] gr['e]; [`a] (L. ad) + gr['e] good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grateful.]

1. To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.

If music and sweet poetry agree. --Shak.

Their witness agreed not together. --Mark xiv. 56.

The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. --Sir T. Browne.

2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

3. 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. --Matt. v. 25.

Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? --Matt. xx. 13.

4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

Note: The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. "The jury were agreed." --Macaulay. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?" --Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. "I agree me well to your desire." --Ld. Berners.

Syn: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.

Agree

A*gree"\, v. t. 1. To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [Obs.]

Language Translation for : agree

Spanish: estar de acuerdo con,

German: übereinstimmen,

Japanese: (意見が) 一致する

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agree

c.1374, from O.Fr. agreer, from phrase a gré "favorably, of good will," lit. "to (one's) liking," from L. ad "to" + gratum "pleasing," neut. of gratus (see grace); the original sense surviving best in agreeable (c.1384).

Main Entry: agree
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: agreed; agree·ing
transitive verb : to share an opinion that <agreed the terms were fair> intransitive verb 1 : to share an opinion, understanding, or intent agree on a verdict —New York Law Journal>
2 : to indicate willingness or acceptance : give assent or approval <agreeing to this proposal>

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