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disagree

[dis-uh-gree]

verb (used without object), -greed, -gree·ing.

to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.

to differ in opinion; dissent: Three of the judges disagreed with the verdict.

to quarrel: They disagreed violently and parted company.

to cause physical discomfort or ill effect (usually followed by with): The oysters disagreed with her. Cold weather disagrees with me.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French desagreer. See dis-¹, agree

Related forms

pre·dis·a·gree, verb (used without object), -greed, -gree·ing.

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Lawmakers disagree philosophically about how to define the offense and set penalties for.

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Lawmakers disagree philosophically about how to define the offense and set penalties for.

Believe it or not, there are several ways to disagree with your slides, and they are all bad.

People on any website clamoring about how they disagree because what they see.

But many watermen disagree that their harvests are to blame, and say the problem is much more complex.

Some marsh-building schemes have failed, but researchers disagree as to why.

Please read the paper and tell us which aspects of it you disagree with and why.

But researchers disagree over whether tularemia poses as serious a threat as other potential bioterror agents.

Doctors often disagree about the best course of treatment and overestimate the benefits of surgery while downplaying the risks.

But perfumers often disagree about how to describe a.

But experts disagree about the future of this potentially life-saving.

On complex issues, as is often said, it is possible for intelligent people to disagree.

Then those of us who may disagree their opinion have the option of cutting up our cards and not doing business with them.

Economic theorists disagree about whether public pension funds should be fully funded, or even funded at all.

And he tends too often to accuse people who disagree with him of bad faith.

Few deny that the earth's climate is changing, but many disagree about the cause.

Please leave politics and this desire to belittle those who disagree with you out of the discussion.

Apparently readers still tend to disagree about what precisely makes a blog a blog.

But they disagree over the source of their disagreement.

For starters, the leading firms disagree on whether sales are booming or not:.

Heretics are members of the church or faith with which they disagree and thus distinct from non-believers.

Physicists in the field disagree about exactly what the observation means.

The commercial weather companies disagree with charges that they had tried to discourage implementation of the new policy.

It is not necessary to dispute that in order to disagree with the reasoning based upon it.

Both parties want tax cuts but disagree over their size and how to finance them.

Ask them if group members ever disagree or get into arguments.

In fact, according to this research, women and men could easily disagree on whether or not a transgression has occurred at all.

Researchers disagree on how devastating a dirty bomb explosion might.

They may disagree about where on their shirts to wear religion.

Even so, economists disagree about whether banning insider trading has actually been good for the equity market.

Many other scientists disagree with that interpretation, however.

So he does not win if you agree or disagree with climate change.

The do-it-yourself services acknowledge that online divorce doesn't work when spouses disagree on any substantive issue.

Economists disagree on the best way to measure consumer-price inflation.

Ask students to comment about whether they agree or disagree with the reasons other students gave.

If you choose to post here don't be surprised when people disagree.

It's a view that many in the technology industry vehemently disagree with.

The left and right merely disagree about who should pay to fix this.

However, scientists disagree on the cause of this warming.

Applicants can appeal if they disagree with the results.

Reasonable people disagree about what kind of research is moral.

The letter should explain that, while they disagree on many things, they both see the value of saving the world's coral reefs.

Not all the readers who disagree with the story are flinging epithets.

Reasonable people can disagree about whether its benefits outweigh the risks.

Please indicate to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

We know that reasonable scientists can and do disagree about these things.

Like any group of humans, tribes often disagree about the virtue of their customs.

Scientists disagree on the effect global warming may have on hurricanes.

Educators disagree about the best age to teach touch typing.

It is difficult to disagree from the print edition.

On a regional scale, the models disagree about some trends.

But scientists can still disagree over what they perceive.

Sensible people will disagree about the course that policy should take.

Land ownership is fragmented among local clans, and their leaders disagree about which lands should be protected.

Those of you who disagree can try to hunt down the product on the company.

Few could disagree with this logic: it is the basic case for a counter-cyclical fiscal expansion.

But experts disagree on what might have caused the collapse.

Scientists disagree about how and when dogs originated, other than that wolves provided the wild stock from which dogs were bred.

Scientists who disagree argue that much of the thickest ice had been piled up by winds far from the subs' tracks.

Many people think chameleons change color to blend in with their surroundings, but scientists disagree.

First, scientists disagree over how serious are these reductions in ranges.

Other scientists who have read the published paper disagree with its conclusions.

It is only when they sometimes disagree on which direction to walk that they have a problem.

But experts disagree about the future of this potentially life-saving resource.

Fisher's new astronaut colleagues would bother to disagree.

The governments of countries donating food may disagree with the politics or decisions of the country receiving the food aid.

Readers get lost and confused, they see that scientists disagree among themselvles and do not speak one voice.

Some animal advocates disagree with your approach and methods.

If you see something you disagree with, be the change you wish to see in the world.

How can you agree or disagree with something you know nothing about.

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World English Dictionary

disagree (ˌdɪsəˈɡriː)

—vb (often foll by with) , -grees, -greeing, -greed
1.	to dissent in opinion (from another person) or dispute (about an idea, fact, etc)
2.	to fail to correspond; conflict
3.	to be unacceptable (to) or unfavourable (for); be incompatible (with): curry disagrees with me
4.	to be opposed (to) in principle

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Word Origin & History

disagree

late 15c., from M.Fr. désagréer (12c.), from dés- "dis-" + agréer (see agree).

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