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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So most audiences will automatically be put into the purposefully uncomfortable position of siding with people they would never see themselves inclined to agree with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In recent weeks, most agree that selling pressure has emanated not just from mortgage bondholders but also from investors in U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Curo told the BBC it was "having ongoing conversations with Ms Young about how we can work together to resolve this, and we visited her at home this week to agree a way forward".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
If that doesn’t immediately make sense to you, Wall Street appears to agree.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“He’ll agree to it,” Dad says, like I’m not sitting right here.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Reluctant at first to talk to Mr. Harris, the “fiercely private” Mr. David eventually agrees to numerous interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Psychologist Dr Tara Brach agrees anger has its place.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Revere Securities, one of the top underwriters of foreign penny-stock IPOs, agrees to an $800,000 fine for failing to flag suspicious activity without admitting or denying the findings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Tim Schwarz, the CEO of the conservative Roman Catholic-oriented Ave Maria mutual funds, agrees this could be a problem.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Theo agrees; their walk to the mill will continue, even at a distance.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Her attorneys, who argued she was not competent to stand trial, agreed with the determination given the passage of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb agreed to the prosecution request to join the two charges into one case.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The company also said it agreed with the letter that keeping advanced AI models monitorable required a commitment from across the industry, including from OpenAI itself.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
EchoStar later agreed to sell some ground-based cellular licenses to SpaceX for $2.6 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
We agreed that Tante Jans must know at once.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Samsung averted a strike in South Korea earlier this year by agreeing to a deal to distribute bonuses equivalent to 10.5 percent of operating profit to its semiconductor employees.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
While I am not agreeing with Mr. Lederman’s essay, I would imagine that Cornell students who have any views about potential differences between men and women will hesitate before stating them publicly at this point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We may not even come to terms on agreeing or disagreeing, but we’ve got that space.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The eagerness the players showed shocked Alhamad, with all of the squad, except Jaiden Bartolo who is on international duty, agreeing to go within an hour.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Yes, I did indeed,” I agreed, hoping I wasn’t agreeing to anything too awful.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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