agreement

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English

Etymology

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹiːmənt/
• Hyphenation: a‧gree‧ment

Noun

agreement (countable and uncountable, plural agreements)

1. (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

   Coordinate term: conspiracy
2. (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
3. (uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
4. (uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

   Synonyms: concord, concordance (obsolete)

   Coordinate terms: government, regimen, rection (archaic)
5. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.

Synonyms

• (An understanding to follow a course of conduct): concord, convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty; See also Thesaurus:pact
• (A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion): congeniality, concurrence, harmony, accord; See also Thesaurus:agreement
• (A legally binding contract): settlement
• (An agreeable quality): amenity, pleasantness, niceness

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See also

See also

• consensus
• agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• metagenre

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English agreement.

Noun

agreement m (invariable)

1. agreement (pact, accord)

Anagrams

• egramente, magnerete, mangerete

Middle English

Noun

agreement

1. Alternative form of agrement

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English agreement.

Noun

agreement n (uncountable)

1. agreement

Declension