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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 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.
to be consistent; harmonize (usually followed by with): This story agrees with hers.
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to correspond; conform; resemble (usually followed by with): The play does not agree with the book.
7.
to be suitable; comply with a preference or an ability to digest (usually followed 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.
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verb (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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Agree is always a great word to know.
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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)

a·gree·ing·ly, adverb
in·ter·a·gree, verb (used with object), -greed, -gree·ing.
pre·a·gree, verb (used without object), -greed, -gree·ing.


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.


2. refuse, decline. 5. disagree.

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  • Whether approved or rejected, court-watchers agree there will be an appeal, and that process could take years.
  • Working conditions for brakes could be improved if engineers and stylists would agree to give some priority to them.
  • One sip of their minerally, superbly elegant wine and I agree about the rewards.
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agree (əˈɡriː)
 
vb , agrees, agreeing, agreed
1.  (often foll by with) to be of the same opinion; concur
2.  (also tr; when intr, often foll by to; when tr, takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to give assent; consent: she agreed to go home; I'll agree to that
3.  (also tr; when intr, foll by on or about; when tr, may take a clause as object) to come to terms (about); arrive at a settlement (on): they agreed a price; they agreed on the main points
4.  (foll by with) to be similar or consistent; harmonize; correspond
5.  (foll by with) to be agreeable or suitable (to one's health, temperament, etc)
6.  (tr; takes a clause as object) to concede or grant; admit: they agreed that the price they were asking was too high
7.  (tr) to make consistent with: to agree the balance sheet with the records by making adjustments, writing off, etc
8.  grammar to undergo agreement
 
[C14: from Old French agreer, from the phrase a gre at will or pleasure]

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Word Origin & History

agree
late 14c., from O.Fr. agreer "to receive with favor," 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 survives best in agreeable.
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