agree
Americanverb (used without object)
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agrees,
present (3rd person singular)
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agreed,
past participle, past
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agreeing
present participle
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to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often followed bywith ).
I don't agree with you.
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to give consent; assent (often followed byto ).
He agreed to accompany the ambassador.
Do you agree to the conditions?
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to live in concord or without contention; get along together.
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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.
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to be consistent; harmonize (usually followed bywith ).
This story agrees with hers.
- Antonyms:
- disagree
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to correspond; conform; resemble (usually followed bywith ).
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 bywith ).
The food did not agree with me.
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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)
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agrees,
present (3rd person singular)
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agreed,
past participle, past
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agreeing
present participle
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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.
verb
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(often foll by with) to be of the same opinion; concur
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(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
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(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
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(foll by with) to be similar or consistent; harmonize; correspond
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(foll by with) to be agreeable or suitable (to one's health, temperament, etc)
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(tr; takes a clause as object) to concede or grant; admit
they agreed that the price they were asking was too high
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(tr) to make consistent with
to agree the balance sheet with the records by making adjustments, writing off, etc
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grammar to undergo agreement
Synonym Usage
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. See correspond.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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agreesimple
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agreessimple
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have agreedperfect
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has agreedperfect
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am agreeingprogressive
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are agreeingprogressive
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is agreeingprogressive
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have been agreeingperfect progressive
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has been agreeingperfect progressive
Past
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agreedsimple
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had agreedperfect
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was agreeingprogressive
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were agreeingprogressive
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had been agreeingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of agree
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English agre, agreen, from Anglo-French, Old French agre(e)r, from phrase a gre “at pleasure, at will” (from a “to, at,” from Latin ad ad- ( def. ) ); gre “pleasure, will,” from Latin grātum ( see gree 2 ( def. ))
Explanation
When you agree with someone, you share the same opinion, feeling, or purpose, like when you agree on the movie you will go see on Saturday afternoon. If we were living in 12th century France, we might use the phrase a gré to describe things that are favorable or go well for us. This positive outcome is still part of the verb agree, because if people agree with you, your plan or idea is the one that will be used. In grammar, subjects and verbs agree when they are both singular or both plural. For example, "everyone is here" agrees but "everyone are here" does not.
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Example Sentences
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Two shop owners say they have been visited by officers but agree much more needs to be done.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
And they certainly don’t agree whether Steven blackmailed Jane in her Midtown Manhattan office about four years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"First of all, Moscow and Kyiv must agree between themselves," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cooper agreed that the current memorial “needs some love,” but doesn’t agree that the spot isn’t good enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I don’t agree with her on this, but she’s my mother, and she’s usually right.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Asha Steven Mwakilasa, a 50-year-old tailor and fashion designer in Tunduma, which is in Momba district, agrees: "I came to realise it was not true."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Unlike activist investors, JAC invests only after management agrees to team up, Otsuka said, adding that the firm works with managements that have no intention of taking their companies private.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yes, the group likes to go take batting practice together before football practice, and everyone agrees it’s the coolest thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
And on retail apps such as Vinted, I always offer a lower price instead of paying the list price and have found that the seller typically agrees or makes a counteroffer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Garrett agrees, not getting it, but trusting me.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to halt strikes on each other's capitals for three days.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Sources claim the deal was eventually sealed by the ownership at both clubs, and the transfer was agreed at £51m, with £4m in add-ons.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Media bias was a problem, the broadcasters agreed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cooper agreed that the current memorial “needs some love,” but doesn’t agree that the spot isn’t good enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
When the national group approached me with a request, I agreed eagerly.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Last Sunday, after agreeing to terms with the Rams, Donald said he did not want to be given anything — he wanted to earn his role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
However, simply because the juror is holding out and not agreeing with other jurors, that’s not a basis to remove a holdout juror.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Eli Lilly remains on a shopping spree, agreeing to pay up to $2.875 billion in cash for biotechnology company Merida Biosciences in a deal that bolsters the drugmaker’s immunology portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But he says the idea "became a topic of conversation over the last four months or so, but very loosely in the background" and he had no hesitation in agreeing.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mad at Kaz for attempting this insane job, furious with herself for agreeing to it.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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