agree
- (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
- (intransitive) To give assent; to accede.
- (Ireland, UK, transitive) To yield assent to; to approve.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
- (intransitive) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
- (intransitive) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
- (intransitive) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈɡɹiː/
Etymology
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”).
Related words
be unanimous
agree to
consent to
come to an agreement
be congruent
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