Disagree
//dɪsəˈɡɹiː// verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. intransitive
"John disagreed with Mary frequently."
- 2 be of different opinions wordnet
- 3 To fail to conform or correspond with. intransitive
"My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours."
- 4 be different from one another wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"I beg to differ, as I disagree with your analysis of the situation."
Etymology
From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.
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