agreement
the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
the state of being in accord.
an arrangement that is accepted by all parties to a transaction.
a contract or other document delineating such an arrangement.
unanimity of opinion; harmony in feeling: agreement among the members of the faculty.
Grammar. correspondence in number, case, gender, person, or some other formal category between syntactically connected words, especially between one or more subordinate words and the word or words upon which they depend; selection by one word of the matching formal subclass, or category, in another word syntactically construed with the first.
Law.
an expression of assent by two or more parties to the same object.
the phraseology, written or oral, of an exchange of promises.
Origin of agreement
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Other words for agreement
Other words from agreement
- in·ter·a·gree·ment, noun
- non·a·gree·ment, noun
- pre·a·gree·ment, noun
- pro·a·gree·ment, adjective
Words Nearby agreement
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How to use agreement in a sentence
Such an agreement currently exists for pandemic influenza, Phelan notes, but not for any other kind of disease or vaccine.
A coronavirus vaccine will save more lives if we share it widely | Kat Eschner | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAfter all, he and his appointees have reversed or defanged dozens of other environmental rules, practices, and international agreements during the last four years.
Trump’s rollbacks could add half an EU’s worth of climate pollution by 2035 | James Temple | September 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewI agree with a lot of it…I heard Nancy Pelosi say she doesn’t want to leave until we have an agreement.
Trump warms to ‘Problem Solvers’ stimulus bill—including $1,200 checks and $450 weekly unemployment benefits | Lance Lambert | September 17, 2020 | FortuneThis decision went hand-in-hand with a bipartisan agreement to offer all registered voters the chance to vote by mail-in absentee ballot or by dropping one off early, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.
Why you should vote as early as possible (and how to do it) | John Kennedy | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe good news is that California reached an agreement in August with the US Forest Service to boost these efforts, with a goal of treating a million acres per year for the next two decades.
Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead. | James Temple | September 17, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Ronald Reagan approved the agreement and the USTR reviewed Korean practices through the end of his term.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn November 2014, that agreement was extended by four months, with some additional restrictions on Iran.
The agreement has three main points, all of which Iran has met, the IAEA says.
“The CIA has since paid out more than $1 million pursuant to the agreement,” the report notes.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSchettino also tried to enter a plea bargain agreement, which ultimately was rejected by the Grosseto court.
The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut no one in Spain and few in Manila as yet could foresee how the fulfilment of the agreement would be bungled.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe commander of this fleet was an Englishman, according to the agreement between them.
By their agreement with the owner, the Company have the right of mining under an area of 185 acres, at a royalty of 6d.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellI do not know that the agreement matters much for a few days up or down.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickIt therefore designates the act by which one enters into an agreement or a covenant with another.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
British Dictionary definitions for agreement
/ (əˈɡriːmənt) /
the act of agreeing
a settlement, esp one that is legally enforceable; covenant; treaty
a contract or document containing such a settlement
the state of being of the same opinion; concord; harmony
the state of being similar or consistent; correspondence; conformity
Also called: concord grammar the determination of the inflectional form of one word by some grammatical feature, such as number or gender, of another word, esp one in the same sentence
Origin of agreement
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for agreement
A requirement for parts of a sentence in standard written English; the parts must agree, for example, in number and person.
The subject and verb of a clause or simple sentence must agree in person, as in “He is a boy.” The subject, he, and the verb, is, are both in the third person. The subject and verb also must agree in number, as in “We are girls.” The subject, we, and the verb, are, are both plural.
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