agree en · VERB
Pronunciation
- ə-grē' (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əˈɡɹi/ (General-American)
- /əˈɡɹiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer (“to accept or receive kindly”), from a gré (“favorably”), from Latin ad (“to”) + gratum (“pleasing”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”).
Meanings
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(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
I couldn’t agree more with what you say, but my brother still doesn't quite agree.
Theresa May’s cabinet repeatedly fails to agree with itself on what customs arrangement it wants with the EU after Brexit
2018, Jon Stone, “Brexit: No significant progress made on any issue in negotiations since March, says EU (The Independent)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):You know that in so great a state as this, Two mightie foes can never well agree.
1594, Thomas Lodge, The wounds of civil war: Lively set forth in the true tragedies of Marius and Scilla, page 46:The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.
1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 14:56:All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
If music and sweet poetry agree.
1599, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in The Passionate Pilgrime. […], 2nd edition, London: […] [Thomas Judson] for W[illiam] Iaggard, and are to be sold by W[illiam] Leake, […], →OCLC:I mostly agree with what you said, but I consider your last point to be unfair.
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(followed by "to", intransitive) To give assent; to accede.
The workers did not agree to the new terms offered by the trade union.
It was agreed to meet here at midday.
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(Ireland, UK, transitive) To yield assent to; to approve.
The essential idea is that parties should enter the market, choose their contractors, set their own terms and agree a bargain.
2005, Paddy McNutt, Law, economics and antitrust: towards a new perspective, page 59:We agreed a bargain yesterday.
Bishops agree sex abuse rules
2011 April 3, John Burke, The Sunday Business Post:... and there, after a good while in discourse, we did agree a bargain of £5,000 with Sir Roger Cuttance for my Lord Sandwich for silk, cinnamon, ...
1666, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, page 88:
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(intransitive) 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.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matt 5:25:But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matt 20:13:
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(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
The picture does not agree with the original.
The two scales agree exactly.
The witnesses' stories agree in most details with the accused's.
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(intransitive, qualifier:now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
The same food does not agree with every constitution.
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(intransitive) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to.
- (intransitive) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| agreed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| agreed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| agrees | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| agreeing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
agreer · agreeability · pre-agree · agree to disagree · misagree · agreeable · agreement · agree with · agreeance · reagree · disagree
Relateds
agreeable · gree · assent · agreement
Synonyms
agree · tally · concur (harmonize in opinion) · coexist · come around · accede (yield assent) · meet · fit (do well) · tie in (be conformable) · consent · assent · comprobate · comport (be consistent) · set (yield assent to) · stipulate · bargain (come to terms or to a common resolve) · accord · concur · cohere · coincide (be conformable) · deal · harmonize · resemble (be conformable) · check · match (be conformable) · correspond (be conformable) · approve (yield assent to) · give way · suit (do well) · strike (yield assent to) · engage
Translations (271)
fi hyväksyä (to yield assent, to accede) · fi sopia (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · it concordare (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · kw unverhe (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sk zhodovať (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · gd aontaich (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · gd aontaich (to yield assent, to accede) · es concordar (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · tl sumangayon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · rgn curdêr (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · de akzeptieren (to yield assent, to accede) · be згадзі́цца (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · bg съгласувам (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · mk се согласи (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · cs shodovat se (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · grc συμφωνέω (to yield assent, to accede) · cs souhlasit (to yield assent, to accede) · tr onaylamak (to yield assent, to accede) · atv чӧпсӱнерге (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · bg съгласен съм (to yield assent, to accede) · atv чӧптежерге (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sv komma överens (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · pt estar de acordo (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · rue согласи́тися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ro fi de acord (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mn хүлээн авах (to yield assent, to accede) · gl admitir (to yield assent, to accede) · la audio (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · pt aceitar (to yield assent, to accede) · gl concordar (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · sk ladiť (to do well) · qu añikuy (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mn нийцэх (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · la convenio (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · atv чарат саларга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mn зөвшөөрөх (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · gl convir (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · chr ᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru соглаша́ться (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · vi ăn khớp (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · hi सहमति (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sh saglasiti se (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ka შეთანხმება (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ko 동의(同意)하다 (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · pt concordar (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · sh сагласити се (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · el συμφωνώ (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · eo akordi (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sk dohodnúť (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · yi שטימען (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ko 합의하다 (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · nl rijmen (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sv hålla med (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · it concordare (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · pl uzgadniać (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru согласова́ться (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · it corrispondere (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · no jatte (to yield assent, to accede) · qu allipunakuy (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · da rette sig efter (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · uk пого́дитися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · he הִסְכִּים (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · de zustimmen (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fr être d'accord (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mbb uyun (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · id menyetujui (to yield assent, to accede) · sk súhlasiť (to yield assent, to accede) · cs shodovat se (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · pt concordar (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mn зөвшөөрөх (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · de annehmen (to yield assent, to accede) · grc ἐπαινέω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ja 同じる (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ja 賛成する (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eu komunztatu (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · hil uyon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eu ados egon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · af saamstem (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sv överensstämma (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · pl zgadzać się (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · de einverstanden sein (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · la audio (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · bg съответствам (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · atv чооктажарга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru подходи́ть (to do well) · cy cyd-weld (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · hu egyeztet (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · sv vara överens (to yield assent, to accede) · nl afspreken (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fr concorder (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · fi suostua (to yield assent, to accede) · ia concordar (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eu onartu (to yield assent, to accede) · km យល់ព្រម (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · no være enig (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ang ġeþwǣrlǣċan (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ang ġeþwǣrian (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru достига́ть соглаше́ния (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · la concordo (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · de übereinstimmen (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · atv чоокташ саларга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es ponerse de acuerdo (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · el συμφωνώ (to yield assent, to accede) · nl overeenkomen (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · it concordare (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · gd còrd ri (to do well) · cs souhlasit (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es coincidir (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · cic ittibaachaffa (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es estar concorde (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · grc συμφωνέω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fi täsmätä (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · la constō (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · gd co-aontaich (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · es consensuar (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · sk zhodovať (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · nl congrueren (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · lut ʔuʔəd (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fi olla yksimielisiä (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · atv чӧптеш саларга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · be згаджа́цца (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · nl toestemmen (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · gl concordar (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · rue соглаша́тися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · uk зго́джуватися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru приходи́ть к согла́сию (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ba килешеү (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · sip ཁ་བཅད (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · da være enig (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · gl estar de acordo (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es ponerse acorde (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · de nachfolgen (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · de kongruieren (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · mn нийцэх (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · ms menyetujui (to yield assent, to accede) · eu ados izan (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · bg съгласявам се (to yield assent, to accede) · grc συμφέρω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · hil paguyon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru догова́риваться (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · kk біреумен келісу (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fr consentir (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ca acordar (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · de sich verständigen (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · kmr li hev kirin (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fi vastata (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · eu bat etorri (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · kmr lê hatin (to do well) · fi sopia (to do well) · grc συγγιγνώσκω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · pl uzgodnić (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · nl het eens zijn met (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru согласи́ться (to yield assent, to accede) · cmn 同意 (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru соотве́тствовать (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · nl overeenstemmen (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · cy cyd-fynd (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru согласи́ться (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · uk пого́джуватися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · atv ынайарга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ru соглаша́ться (to yield assent, to accede) · vi đồng ý (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · grc ὁμονοέω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sk zhodovať sa (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ro cădea de acord (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fi myötäillä (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ms bersetuju (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · cs vyhovovat (to do well) · da overensstemme (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · rue годи́тися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · yi מסכּים זײַן (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · it accordarsi (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · hu egyetért (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ka დათანხმება (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es corresponder (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · da komme overens (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · la concino (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es estar acorde (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es concordar (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mr सहमत असणे (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fi olla yhtä mieltä (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sk súhlasiť (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eo interkonsenti (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · th ตกลง (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · atv ынап саларга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · my သဘောတူ (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · tr katılmak (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · da blive enig (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · ru подойти́ (to do well) · tr anlaşmak (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · ka შეთანხმება (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · km ព្រម (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fr accorder (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · bg хармонирам (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · da stemme overens (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · alt кожо болор (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · cs dohodnout se (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · bg съглася́вам се (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eo akordi (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · ta ஒத்துக்கொள் (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eo akordiĝi (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · es apalabrar (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · grc ὁμολογέω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · id berjanji (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · ru согласо́вываться (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · mn зөвшөөрөх (to yield assent, to accede) · ko 일치하다 (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · hy համաձայնվել (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ms setuju (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · uk зго́дитися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sq jam dakord (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · bg съответствам (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · gl aceptar (to yield assent, to accede) · sc cuncordare (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · qu añikuy (to yield assent, to accede) · mk се согласува (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es estar de acuerdo (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · bg договарям се (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · fa موافق بودن (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · yue 同意 (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · grc ὁμογνωμονέω (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · el συμφωνώ (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · eo samopinii (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · la audio (to yield assent, to accede) · pt concordar (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · ga aontaigh (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mn тохирох (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · cy cydgordio (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sv vara överens om (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · sk vyhovovať (to do well) · atv дьӧптӧнерге (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · la audio (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · eo jesi (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · atv чарадарга (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ko 동의하다 (to yield assent, to accede) · kmr pê re bûn (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ar وَافَقَ (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ko 약속하다 (to yield assent, to accede) · ko 일치하다 (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · pt concordar (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · fi vastata (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · pl zgodzić się (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mi whakaae (to yield assent, to accede) · hy համաձայնել (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · la assentiō (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · gd co-aontaich (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · msk oyon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · mrw ayon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · cy cydsynio (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · nl instemmen (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ceb uyon (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es ponerse concorde (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · ja 一致する (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · gd freagair a chèile (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · ru договори́ться (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · nl overeenstemmen (to resemble, coincide, correspond) · cs shodovat se (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · tr kabul etmek (to yield assent, to accede) · rue погоди́тися (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · da acceptere (to yield assent, to accede) · izh soppia (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · cy cytuno (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · it essere d'accordo (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · es concordar (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · gl concordar (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) · oc acordar (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · fr convenir (to come to terms or to a common resolve) · eu amore eman (to yield assent, to accede) · shn တူၵ်းလူင်း (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united) · ja 同意する (to be in harmony about an opinion; be in unison or concord; be united)