Agreement
[ə'griːm(ə)nt] or [ə'grimənt]
Definition
(noun.) compatibility of observations; 'there was no agreement between theory and measurement'; 'the results of two tests were in correspondence'.
(noun.) the thing arranged or agreed to; 'they made arrangements to meet in Chicago'.
(noun.) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; 'they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business'; 'there was an understanding between management and the workers'.
(noun.) the verbal act of agreeing.
(noun.) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations.
(noun.) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; 'the two parties were in agreement'.
Typed by Aldo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
(n.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
(n.) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.
(n.) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.
Edited by Ben
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contract, compact, bond, concord, concurrence, conformity, harmony, unison,consonance, bargain, covenant, obligation, undertaking, treaty
ANT:{(As_without_legal_force_or_bond)}, Understanding, promise, parole
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Examples
- Well, there are things which are placed beyond the pale of discussion; and I thought this was specially so, and by mutual agreement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In the moment of his taking his hat off, Podsnap, as per agreement made with Mrs Veneering, telegraphs to that wife and mother, 'He's up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And it is there I would want to meet you--not in the emotional, loving plane--but there beyond, where there is no speech and no terms of agreement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You must let your father know our agreement. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Not exactly the notice you were to receive, Lady Dedlock, because the contemplated notice supposed the agreement to have been observed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They only saw the points of agreement in them and not the points of difference. Plato. The Republic.
- They returned to the men, like two conspirators who have withdrawn to come to an agreement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I formerly spoke to very many naturalists on the subject of evolution, and never once met with any sympathetic agreement. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They drew up a legal agreement to this effect, dated May 27, 1793, and stipulating that all the profits should be equally divided between them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You know the agreement. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But thou know'st our old agreement. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This is not a matter of agreement, it's a matter of obedience. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I break the agreement every time I think of you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is by agreement included in his fare. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Bulstrode, bending and looking intently, found the form which Lydgate had given to his agreement not quite suited to his comprehension. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Fifth, all international agreements and treaties of every kind must be made known in their entirety to the rest of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The court of chancery, as a court of conscience, first took upon it to enforce the specific performance of agreements. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It became vitally necessary for the workers to make agreements--illegal though they were--against such underselling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Neither will he ever break faith where there have been oaths or agreements? Plato. The Republic.
- At first these agreements had to be made and sustained by secret societies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company was organized in 1897, and made agreements to erect coast stations for the Italian, Canadian, and Newfoundland governments, and for Lloyd’s. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He is unable to keep it on; and there are deeds and leases to be looked over, and agreements to be drawn up. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They had reached agreements with the farmers who lived near their field outside Dayton, and with the local newspapers, that no notice should be taken of their flights. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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