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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See Examples For:
They seemed to agree that it will happen in the coming year, possibly two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Your mother may or may not agree to this.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The foreperson said the male juror "admitted he had reasonable doubt" in her criminal responsibility but wouldn't agree to a not guilty verdict.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Corning and Verizon agree on a supply agreement that runs through 2032 for broadband and AI infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Schwartz told his audience how “crazy” the subprime bond market was, as no one in it seemed to be able to agree on the price of any given bond.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Ruiz agrees that mainstream representations of L.A. remove attention from brown communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Plus, PE-backed EverBank agrees to a reverse merger and investors rediscover love for backing companies that focus on live experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Dad Aaron Dale, host of the Raisingboys2men podcast and author of a book on parenting, agrees.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Woody Fincham, a real-estate appraiser in Virginia, agrees that a data center going up right next door to a residential property or a subdivision could have an effect on property values.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Karl's guard nods, agrees, then points the boys to a bench seat.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Osman then quipped: "You do look a bit like a competition winner," to which Widdecombe agreed.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Earlier this month, key members of the OPEC+ alliance agreed to keep output stable in October after six straight monthly increases, as they review members’ production capacity baselines to determine future quotas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor said they had collected evidence from 24 different Israeli military or intelligence figures who agreed to testify on camera in Tel Aviv as long as their identities were protected.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The four majors also agreed to create a permanent Grand Slam Player Advisory Council, giving players a formal voice in tournament decision-making.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sun Girl agreed, and while she went off in search of assistance, Duane continued staying wedged in the fishing hole, pondering how the day was turning out quite differently from how he had imagined.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
But the legacy players have strategic moves to make there, too, said Gartner analyst Arun Chandrasekaran, like agreeing to shorter contracts and outcome-based pricing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Following the passing of a deadline in August, Stormont officials were given legal powers to spend up to 95% of last year's funding in the absence of ministers agreeing the budget.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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
It revealed that Personalis had entertained multiple suitors, including a verbal proposal of $17 a share, before agreeing to the Tempus deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Something tells me I’m going to regret agreeing to this,” I say.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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