agreed

[uh-greed]

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adjective

arranged or set by common consent: They met at the agreed time.

Origin of agreed

1375–1425; late Middle English. See agree, -ed²

Related formshalf-a·greed, adjectiveun·a·greed, adjective

agree

[uh-gree]

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.

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)

Related formsa·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.

Synonym study

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.

Antonyms for agree

2. refuse, decline. 5. disagree.

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Related Words for agreed

set, concur, grant, recognize, acknowledge, concede, sign, admit, settle, allow, comply, conform, accede, okay, acquiesce, consent, subscribe, engage, permit, check

Examples from the Web for agreed

Contemporary Examples of agreed

To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails
Jackie Kucinich
January 9, 2015
Speculation raged that Duke agreed not to run as part of the deal, though it was never proven.
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January 7, 2015
The WHO has agreed to meet with Yang and a number of Chinese NGOs to discuss a broader ruling on the practice.
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Nina Strochlic
December 19, 2014
After a half-century of frigid relations, the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to a thaw as the result of 18 months of secret talks.
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December 18, 2014
Random House agreed that all future editions of the book will state that “Barry” was a pseudonym.
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Emily Shire
December 10, 2014

Historical Examples of agreed

The country was rapidly becoming, they agreed, no place for a gentleman to live.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
We have agreed all to be moved, or none; and not to comply without one another.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
Sarah agreed briskly, and she hurried on toward the private office.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
The firm who sold it to me agreed that it should have none of the faults of the old one.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884
Various
"It was of that first treading that the Skin talked," agreed the Coyote.
The Trail Book
Mary Austin

British Dictionary definitions for agreed

agreed

adjective

determined by common consentthe agreed price

interjection

an expression of agreement or consent

agree

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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Word Origin and History for agreed

agree

late 14c., "to be to one's liking;" also "to give consent," from Old French agreer "to receive with favor, take pleasure in" (12c.), from phrase a gré "favorably, of good will," literally "to (one's) liking," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + gratum "pleasing," neuter of gratus (see grace (n.)); the original sense survives best in agreeable. Meaning "to be in harmony in opinions" is from late 15c. Related: Agreed; agreeing.