agree

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/ əˈgri /

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

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.

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.

verb (used with object), a·greed, a·gree·ing.

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

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

OPPOSITES FOR agree

2 refuse, decline.

5 disagree.

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Origin of agree

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)

synonym study for agree

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM agree

a·gree·ing·ly, adverbin·ter·a·gree, verb (used with object), in·ter·a·greed, in·ter·a·gree·ing.pre·a·gree, verb (used without object), pre·a·greed, pre·a·gree·ing.

Words nearby agree

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How to use agree in a sentence

This lets the lender and the buyer know whether the value and the loan amount are in keeping with the what you have agreed to pay for the property.
The Basics of Appraisals|Valerie Blake|September 24, 2020|Washington Blade
Six automakers, including Ford, have voluntarily agreed to abide by California’s higher efficiency standards, and Newsom cited them Wednesday as proof that the industry can make the switch.
California to ban new gasoline cars by 2035, a first in U.S.|Verne Kopytoff|September 23, 2020|Fortune
Earlier this summer, another round of direct stimulus payments to Americans was one of the few issues the two parties agreed on.
Will House Democrats be able to revive $1,200 stimulus checks?|Lee Clifford|September 23, 2020|Fortune
Though he still considered it “spiteful retaliation,” his office reduced the charges and agreed to push for probation after the officers pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal mischief.
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail|by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press|September 23, 2020|ProPublica

I consulted a respected outside oncologist, who suggested a complete neck dissection, potential new radiation, and a chest CT scan to look for metastases—yet he agreed that none of it would improve survival chances.
My cancer might be back—and I wonder if unnecessary radiation caused it in the first place|jakemeth|September 22, 2020|Fortune
Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Pentagon leaders agree to a person that the U.S. war against ISIS is succeeding.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even Democrats and Republicans can agree that Nazis are bad and Social Security is good.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ironically, this is the one precept on which liberals and conservatives agree.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For his part, husband James knew all along; historians generally agree he was in on it.
Should the U.S. Really Pay a Kim’s Ransom?|Kevin Bleyer|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I issued a censure, and ordered that no one should agree to their conclusions, and that the Dominicans should not hold them.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
As for Brammel, he consented, as he was ready to agree to any thing but a personal visit to the great metropolis.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He and Mathieson p. 66did not always agree, and the clash of arms frequently raged between them.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Jessie, we put first because to us she is of the most importance, and her father and mother would agree.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
We have had three counsels' opinions on the subject, and they all agree that the patent is good.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for agree

agree

/ (əˈɡriː) /

verb agrees, agreeing or agreed (mainly intr)

(often foll by with) to be of the same opinion; concur

(also tr; when intr, often foll by to; when tr, takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to give assent; consentshe agreed to go home; I'll agree to that

(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

(foll by with) to be similar or consistent; harmonize; correspond

(foll by with) to be agreeable or suitable (to one's health, temperament, etc)

(tr; takes a clause as object) to concede or grant; admitthey agreed that the price they were asking was too high

(tr) to make consistent withto agree the balance sheet with the records by making adjustments, writing off, etc

grammar to undergo agreement

Word Origin for agree

C14: from Old French agreer, from the phrase a gre at will or pleasure

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