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agreed

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adjective

arranged or set by common consent: They met at the agreed time.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English. See agree, -ed²

Related forms

half-a·greed, adjective

un·a·greed, adjective

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Example Sentences

Both sides said they agreed to continue negotiating.

Holub has agreed to step down at that time, university officials said.

The two sides agreed this week to send the dispute to arbitration.

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Both sides said they agreed to continue negotiating.

Holub has agreed to step down at that time, university officials said.

The two sides agreed this week to send the dispute to arbitration.

Countries that are party to the agreement have agreed to enforce its provisions through.

Corporations agreed government officials surcomed and followed until it was too late.

The points in this are true facts and i agreed to these points.

Everyone agreed how wonderful they felt after the big meal.

America hasn't agreed to the new international agreement on cluster bombs.

The nation's two major labor federations have agreed for the first time to join forces to support immigration reform.

The two sides have agreed to keep confidential the terms of the settlement.

The desire for an agreed set of procedures for a public-debt default is not new.

Also, many agreed that they would be comforted by the idea of not having to live with the organ of a dead person.

They are the rules and values that the society has agreed to live.

The three-ton rock was one of the recent discoveries, and the developer agreed to donate it to the museum for display.

He's agreed to come taste with us this week to trouble shoot.

Lower level rules and strategic level patterns will both be in accordance with social theories agreed upon with the government.

Medvedev agreed on the basic terms of a treaty to reduce the number of.

Student-aid advocates agreed with the department over a proposal to eliminate a student-aid benefit.

Around the world, governments and taxpayers have agreed to help ailing financial firms.

We agreed not to tell who stepped on the summit first.

The center had agreed to take the supplies to augment their rescue efforts.

The government has informally agreed to narrow that time frame, according to the filing.

Two carmakers that have struggled to expand outside their home markets have agreed to an alliance.

But at this point, you've agreed on the authorship order.

Markets seem to be agreed that it would be the solution.

But after three months of negotiations, the company agreed to release the beasts in exchange for replicas.

Indeed the results agreed with those of the simple experiment described in the main article.

Either the two sides settled the suit and agreed not to discuss it or they have agreed to mediation or binding arbitration.

The two leaders also agreed to hold a joint higher-education summit next summer.

Earlier this month he agreed that a group of independent legal experts should review it.

They agreed that until that time he should come to her every evening, for the old woman came by day.

Everyone involved had agreed to take part so they must have been higher order primates.

The government has agreed to recommend a decrease in his sentence for his cooperation.

Everyone agreed they did all they could to save their firms.

Ahmadi only relented when they agreed to give him a receipt.

One reason for that failure: no one has agreed on what are true indicators of whether biodiversity is being preserved or lost.

She agreed that the premise did sound a little creepy, but promised that the movie would be funny for both kids and adults.

So boards agreed on them when the world was cheerier.

All researchers agreed that the mummy was carefully and extensively embalmed.

He agreed to take the case and put his patient on hormone-replacement therapy as they prepared for surgery.

Everyone agreed that she'd gotten the best ride of the.

Later that month they agreed to stop targeting the gorillas, but the hippo killings continue, scientists say.

Heavier snowfall is usually linked to thundersnow, both experts agreed.

COLLAPSE

Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

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

to give consent; assent (often followed by to): He agreed to accompany the ambassador. Do you agree to the conditions?

to live in concord or without contention; get along together.

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.

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.

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

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)

to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause): I agree that he is the ablest of us.

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Chiefly British. to consent to or concur with: We agree the stipulations. I must agree your plans.

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)

Related forms

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.

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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World English Dictionary

agreed (əˈɡriːd)

—*adj*
1.	determined by common consent: the agreed price

—*interj*
2.	an expression of agreement or consent

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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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