agree
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old French agréer (“‘to accept or receive kindly’”), from a gré (“‘favorably’”), from Latin ad (“‘to’”) + gratum (“‘pleasing’”).
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[edit] Verb
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to 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.
- 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.
- (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
- to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
- (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.
- Agree with thine adversary quickly. --Matt. v. 25.
- Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? --Matt. xx. 13.
- (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
- the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
- (intransitive) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
- the same food does not agree with every constitution.
- (intransitive, grammar) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
- (transitive, modern usage) To yield assent to; to approve.
- After lengthy negotiations, they agreed a price for the goods.
[edit] Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
- The transitive usage could be considered as just an omission of to or upon.
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To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
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[edit] Translations
harmonize in opinion; be in unison or concord; be united; concur
to yield assent, to accede
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to come to terms or to a common resolve
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to resemble, coincide, correspond
grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, or person
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[edit] External links
- agree in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- agree in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
