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agree.

To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈɡɹiː/Received-Pronunciation/əˈɡɹi/General-American
  1. To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

    intransitive
    All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
    I mostly agree with what you said, but I consider your last point to be unfair.
  2. To give assent; to accede.

    intransitive
    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.

    Ireland · UK · transitive
    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.

    intransitive
  5. To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.

    intransitive
    The picture does not agree with the original.
    The two scales agree exactly.
  6. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

    intransitive
    The same food does not agree with every constitution.
  7. To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.

    intransitive
    In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to.
  8. To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

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