English Online Dictionary. What means agree? What does agree mean?
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ə-grē', IPA(key): /əˈɡɹiː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈɡɹi/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: a‧gree
Verb
agree (third-person singular simple present agrees, present participle agreeing, simple past and past participle agreed)
- (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
- Synonym: concur
- (intransitive, followed by "to") To give assent; to accede
- (transitive, UK, Ireland) 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 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.
- Coordinate term: govern
- (intransitive, law) 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 Appendix:English catenative verbs
- This is a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
- 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 Thesaurus:agree
- (yield assent): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede or Thesaurus:assent
- (yield assent to): approve, set
- (come to terms or to a common resolve): bargain, deal, engage; See also Thesaurus:bargain
- (be conformable): coincide, correspond, match, resemble
- (do well): fit, suit
- (grammar):
- (law):
Antonyms
- disagree
Derived terms
- agree to disagree
- agreeable
- agreer
- agree with
- disagree
- agreement
- pre-agree
Related terms
- gree
Translations
Further reading
- “agree”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “agree”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- Eager, aeger, eager, eagre, geare, æger
Galo
Noun
agree
- rainbow
Middle English
Verb
agree
- Alternative form of agreen
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer.
Verb
agree (third-person singular simple present agrees, present participle agreein, simple past agreed, past participle agreed)
- to consent to
- (occasionally) to suffer no injury from (sth)
References
- “agree, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.