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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Carrick says it would be "ridiculous" to think that way - and I agree.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of xAI have both said they agree with his recommendations.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Despite the heated rhetoric, hope remains that the two global rivals can agree on something regarding the technology when the leaders meet in Washington.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
You and your husband just need to agree on how much money you want to spend on your brother’s family.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like everybody can agree that certain things mean a person has succeeded.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
"The conversation among experts has been much more nuanced, but essentially everyone agrees there are a wide variety of risks that are all important to consider and mitigate," Jain said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
First, not everyone agrees that AI safety is a collective-action problem.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
The vast majority of the UHW-backed measures have been withdrawn, usually after the industry agrees to concessions, the suit states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Once that child was born, their parental rights should not depend on whether West agrees with the medical decisions they make or whether she wants custody of the child.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“You don’t know that,” Viola says and my Noise, as much as I don’t want it to, agrees with her.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Discovery shareholders on top of the $81 billion the company has already agreed to pay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
It also recently signed a $45 billion deal to rent Nvidia hardware to Anthropic and agreed to buy the AI software company Anyscale, according to the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
One senior party insider agreed with much of Mark Diffley's analysis, warning "it's not an easy inbox".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Camba agreed: "I would actually advise the Philippine government to be very transparent about what's happening. A big problem is transparency."
From Barron's
Cornelius agreed to a brief break in Maggie’s studies.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
In 2000 the SEC charged him with fraud in a case he settled without admitting wrongdoing, agreeing instead to pay a $350,000 fine and disgorging $8.3 million.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
The newspaper said the parties have discussed compromises, including agreeing to keep Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. film studios separate for a period of time rather than immediately collapsing them into one unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, added a one-paragraph concurrence agreeing with the court’s decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
One priority is to strengthen disaster preparedness, with governments agreeing in advance what action to take when hazards emerge - from evacuation to protecting vulnerable infrastructure.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Something tells me I’m going to regret agreeing to this,” I say.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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