What does "agreement" mean?
An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
Agreement
/əˈɡɹiːmənt/ noun
noun ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
- Grammar: agreement is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: accord, concurrence, pact, academic cooperation.
- Useful contrasts: academic dissent, academic dissent case, ceremonial decline.
- Usage evidence: We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. countable
"to enter an agreement"
- 2 compatibility of observations wordnet
- 3 A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another. uncountable
"The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity."
- 4 the thing arranged or agreed to wordnet
- 5 A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law. uncountable
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- 6 the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises wordnet
- 7 Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts. uncountable
"Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agreeʼ with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number features of I must match those of the Subject."
- 8 the verbal act of agreeing wordnet
- 9 An agreeable quality. countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable
"Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...]."
- 10 the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations wordnet
- 11 harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
academic dissentacademic dissent caseceremonial declinecontrary to
Example
"We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "agreement"?
Common synonyms include: accord, concurrence, pact, academic cooperation, acceding, accept original value.
How do you use "agreement" in a sentence?
We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed.
How do you pronounce "agreement"?
Pronounced /əˈɡɹiːmənt/.
Etymology
From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.