Disagree

//dɪsəˈɡɹiː// verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. intransitive

    "John disagreed with Mary frequently."

  2. 2
    be of different opinions wordnet
  3. 3
    To fail to conform or correspond with. intransitive

    "My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours."

  4. 4
    be different from one another wordnet

Example

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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