agree

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
2. (intransitive) To give assent; to accede.
3. (Ireland, UK, transitive) To yield assent to; to approve.
4. (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.
5. (intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
6. (intransitive) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
7. (intransitive) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
8. (intransitive) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Synonyms

consent

accept

🉑

concur

assent

acquiesce

approve

correspond

accede

comply

harmonize

accord

admit

match

coincide

fit

tally

allow

conform

jibe

concord

promise

suit

yield

permit

be unanimous

submit

settle

grant

arrange

negotiate

harmonise

believe

agree to

adhere

fit in

check

consent to

come to an agreement

acknowledge

be congruent

agreement

come to terms

fix

fit together

obey

receive

contract

consort

hold

decide

Translations

être d’accord

zustimmen

übereinstimmen

essere d’accordo

accepter

🉑

concordare

concordar

συμφωνώ

concorder

convenire

estar de acuerdo

acordar

convenir

acconsentire

consentir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈɡɹiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: agreen

In summary

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”).