What does "agree" mean?
To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
Agree
/əˈɡɹiː/ verb
verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
- Grammar: agree is listed as verb.
- Nearest alternatives: accord, assent, concur, consent.
- Useful contrasts: academic dissent case, conflicted, conflicting.
- Usage evidence: When we borrow money, we must agree on the conditions.
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Definitions
Verb
- 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 consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something wordnet
- 3 To give assent; to accede. intransitive
"It was agreed to meet here at midday."
- 4 be in accord; be in agreement wordnet
- 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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- 6 achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose wordnet
- 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."
- 8 be agreeable or suitable wordnet
- 9 To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally. intransitive
"The picture does not agree with the original."
- 10 be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet
- 11 To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well. intransitive
"The same food does not agree with every constitution."
- 12 go together wordnet
- 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."
- 14 show grammatical agreement wordnet
- 15 To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract. intransitive
Antonyms
Example
"When we borrow money, we must agree on the conditions."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "agree"?
Common synonyms include: accord, assent, concur, consent, correspond, harmonize.
How do you use "agree" in a sentence?
When we borrow money, we must agree on the conditions.
How do you pronounce "agree"?
Pronounced /əˈɡɹiː/.
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”).