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agree
[ uh-gree ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
Antonyms: disagree
- 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)
- 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.
agree
/ əˈɡriː /
verb
- 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; consent
I'll agree to that
she agreed to go home
- 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 on the main points
they agreed a price
- 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; admit
they agreed that the price they were asking was too high
- tr to make consistent with
to agree the balance sheet with the records by making adjustments, writing off, etc
- grammar to undergo agreement
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Other Words From
- a·greeing·ly adverb
- inter·a·gree verb (used with object) interagreed interagreeing
- prea·gree verb (used without object) preagreed preagreeing
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
Pentagon leaders agree to a person that the U.S. war against ISIS is succeeding.
Even Democrats and Republicans can agree that Nazis are bad and Social Security is good.
Ironically, this is the one precept on which liberals and conservatives agree.
For his part, husband James knew all along; historians generally agree he was in on it.
I issued a censure, and ordered that no one should agree to their conclusions, and that the Dominicans should not hold them.
As for Brammel, he consented, as he was ready to agree to any thing but a personal visit to the great metropolis.
He and Mathieson p. 66did not always agree, and the clash of arms frequently raged between them.
Jessie, we put first because to us she is of the most importance, and her father and mother would agree.
We have had three counsels' opinions on the subject, and they all agree that the patent is good.
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