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Agree

//əˈɡɹiː// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people. intransitive

    "All parties agree in the expediency of the law."

  2. 2
    consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something wordnet
  3. 3
    To give assent; to accede. intransitive

    "It was agreed to meet here at midday."

  4. 4
    be in accord; be in agreement wordnet
  5. 5
    To yield assent to; to approve. Ireland, UK, transitive

    "... and there, after a good while in discourse, we did agree a bargain of £5,000 with Sir Roger Cuttance for my Lord Sandwich for silk, cinnamon, ..."

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  1. 6
    achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose wordnet
  2. 7
    To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. intransitive

    "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison."

  3. 8
    be agreeable or suitable wordnet
  4. 9
    To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally. intransitive

    "The picture does not agree with the original."

  5. 10
    be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet
  6. 11
    To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well. intransitive

    "The same food does not agree with every constitution."

  7. 12
    go together wordnet
  8. 13
    To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person. intransitive

    "In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to."

  9. 14
    show grammatical agreement wordnet
  10. 15
    To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract. intransitive

Etymology

From Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer (“to accept or receive kindly”), from a gré (“favorably”), from Latin ad (“to”) + gratum (“pleasing”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”).

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