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AGREE
agree
(verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; “She agreed to all my conditions”; “He agreed to leave her alone”
agree, hold, concur, concord
(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”
agree
(verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; “No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman”
agree
(verb) be agreeable or suitable; “White wine doesn’t agree with me”
match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; “The two stories don’t agree in many details”; “The handwriting checks with the signature on the check”; “The suspect’s fingerprints don’t match those on the gun”
harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
(verb) go together; “The colors don’t harmonize”; “Their ideas concorded”
agree
(verb) show grammatical agreement; “Subjects and verbs must always agree in English”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
agree (third-person singular simple present agrees, present participle agreeing, simple past and past participle agreed)
(intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.
(intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
(transitive, UK, Irish) To yield assent to; to approve.
(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.
(intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
(intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
(intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
(intransitive, legal) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
Usage notes
• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs
• This is a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See
• The transitive usage could be considered as just an omission of to or upon.
• US and Canadian English do not use the transitive form. Thus "they agreed on a price" or "they agreed to the conditions" are used in North America but not "they agreed a price" or "they agreed the conditions".
Synonyms
• (harmonize in opinion): concur, harmonize; See also agree
• (yield assent): accede, come around, give way; See also accede or assent
• (yield assent to): approve, set
• (come to terms or to a common resolve): bargain, deal, engage; See also bargain
• (be conformable): coincide, correspond, match, resemble
• (do well): fit, suit
• (grammar)
• (law)
Antonyms
• disagree
Anagrams
• Eager, aeger, eager, eagre, geare, æger
Source: Wiktionary
A*gre", A*gree", adv. Etym: [F. à gré. See Agree.]
Definition: In good part; kindly. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
A*gree", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agreed; p. pr. & vb. n. Agreeing.] Etym: [F. agréer to accept or receive kindly, fr. à gré; à (L. ad) + gré good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grateful.]
1. 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. If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne.
2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
3. 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. Matt. v. 25. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny Matt. xx. 13.
4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
6. (Gram.)
Definition: To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
Note: The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. "The jury were agreed." Macaulay. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed " Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. "I agree me well to your desire." Ld. Berners.
Syn.
– To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
A*gree", v. t.
1. To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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