Agree
[ə'griː] or [ə'ɡri]
Definition
(verb.) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; 'She agreed to all my conditions'; 'He agreed to leave her alone'.
(verb.) be in accord; be in agreement; 'We agreed on the terms of the settlement'; 'I can't agree with you!'; 'I hold with those who say life is sacred'; 'Both philosophers concord on this point'.
(verb.) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; 'No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman'.
(verb.) be agreeable or suitable; 'White wine doesn't agree with me'.
(verb.) show grammatical agreement; 'Subjects and verbs must always agree in English'.
Editor: Lyle--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In good part; kindly.
(v. i.) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
(v. i.) To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
(v. i.) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
(v. i.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
(v. t.) To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.
(v. t.) To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Accord, harmonize, concur, unite, be in unison, be of one mind.[2]. Assent, consent, accede, acquiesce, comply, subscribe, yield assent, give consent, fall in.[3]. Stipulate, bargain, promise, engage, undertake, contract, be sworn, be bound, make an agreement, plight one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's word, give assurance, take upon one's self, bind one's self.[4]. Compromise, compound, come to an understanding, come to an agreement.[5]. Suit, match, tally, correspond, quadrate, coincide, cohere, comport, conform, square.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Suit, tally, accord, fit, harmonize, combine, assent, concur, acquiesce, admit,consent, conform, consort, comport, coincide
ANT:Differ, disagree, revolt, protest, decline, refuse, dissent, demur
Typist: Ludwig
Definition
v.i. to be of one mind: to concur: to assent to: to be consistent to harmonise: to determine to settle: to resemble to suit: (gram.) to be in concord with—taking the same gender number case or person: to do well with climate &c. (followed by with before the person or thing agreeing: by upon on for to in before the condition of the agreement):—pa.p. agreed′.—adj. Agree′able suitable: pleasant: favourable to consenting to.—n. Agree′ableness suitableness: conformity: quality of pleasing—also Agreeabil′ity.—adv. Agree′ably.—n. Agree′ment concord: conformity: harmony: a bargain or contract.
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Examples
- Your two natures agree with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It's quite enough for the present, as you'll agree when I tell you where it is. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Their failure to agree c aused the observer to reject one and mark the other as doubtful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I shall go to Paris in my own carriage, and establish myself in my own lodgings, said I; and to this proposition Meyler was obliged to agree. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There I don't agree with you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We never could agree in our choice of a profession. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I entirely agree with you. Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Beaufort's secret, people were agreed, was the way he carried things off. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- As I had sufficient hopes of the will to be in a flutter about it, Allan and I agreed to go down to the court that morning. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Had they made any considerable part of their property, such a resolution could never have been agreed to. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Having fallen a good deal latterly into the late Sir John's way of always agreeing with my lady, I agreed with her heartily about Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And tacitly, the men agreed to this. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, Pilar agreed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It agrees nearly with the estimation of the Northumberland book in 1512. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He finds that nothing agrees with him so well as to make little gyrations on one leg of his stool, and stab his desk, and gape. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Alfred, Mr Twemlow thinks the last one the best, and quite agrees with you and me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Come, now, we shall see who agrees with you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mother helped me--she agrees that we ought to. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- To say the idea of extension agrees to any thing, is to say it is extended. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Now it is obvious, that every thing useful, beautiful or surprising, agrees in producing a separate pleasure and agrees in nothing else. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Having fallen a good deal latterly into the late Sir John's way of always agreeing with my lady, I agreed with her heartily about Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The interview here ended, I agreeing, however, to send a letter giving final terms by ten o'clock that night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If your ladyship and Mr. Betteredge persist in not agreeing with me, you must be blind to what happened before you this very day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Let us make the friendly move of agreeing to share the profits of it equally betwixt us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I couldn't think of agreeing to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Jos ended by agreeing, as might be supposed of him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But I am very far from agreeing with you in your estimation of ladies in general. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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