DISAGREE

disagree, differ, dissent, take issue

(verb) be of different opinions; “I beg to differ!”; “She disagrees with her husband on many questions”

disagree, disaccord, discord

(verb) be different from one another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disagree (third-person singular simple present disagrees, present participle disagreeing, simple past and past participle disagreed)

(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

Synonym: beg to differ

(intransitive) To fail to conform or correspond with.

Usage notes

• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`a*gree", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disagreed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disageeing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. désagréer to displease.]

1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.

2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree Pope.

3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.

Note: Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal.

Syn.

– To differ; vary; dissent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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