agree
//əˈɡɹiː//
Forms
- present (v1)
- agree
- past (v2)
- agreed
- past participle (v3)
- agreed
- present participle
- agreeing
- 3rd person singular
- agrees
Definitions
1.To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
- If music and sweet poetry agree.
- All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
- The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.
2.To give assent; to accede.
- It was agreed to meet here at midday.
- The workers did not agree to the new terms offered by the trade union.
3.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.
- We agreed a bargain yesterday.
4.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.
- I agree with Tom a hundred percent.
- I agree with you that we should try again.
- I don't agree with you.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #461
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
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”).