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a·gree
(ə-grē′)v. a·greed, a·gree·ing, a·grees
v.intr.
1.
a. To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord: I agree with you on that. We agree in our taste in music.
b. To express consent; concur: We agreed to her suggestion. See Synonyms at assent.
c. To accept or support a policy or program: I agree with the flat tax.
d. To come to an understanding or agreement, as by negotiating: We agreed on the price.
2. To be compatible or consistent: The copy agrees with the original. Your story agrees with mine. See Synonyms at correspond.
3. To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful: Spicy food does not agree with me.
4. Grammar To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
v.tr.
1. To share an opinion about (something): My doctor and I agree that I should quit smoking.
2. To grant or concede: My parents agreed that we should be allowed to go. I agreed to help my parents clean the house.
[Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer, from Vulgar Latin *aggrātāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin grātus, pleasing; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
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agree
(əˈɡriː)vb (mainly intr) , agrees, agreeing or agreed
1. (often foll by with) to be of the same opinion; concur
2. (also tr; when intr, often foll by to; when tr, takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to give assent; consent: she agreed to go home; I'll agree to that.
3. (also tr; when intr, foll by on or about; when tr, may take a clause as object) to come to terms (about); arrive at a settlement (on): they agreed a price; they agreed on the main points.
4. (foll by with) to be similar or consistent; harmonize; correspond
5. (foll by with) to be agreeable or suitable (to one's health, temperament, etc)
6. (tr; takes a clause as object) to concede or grant; admit: they agreed that the price they were asking was too high.
7. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (tr) to make consistent with: to agree the balance sheet with the records by making adjustments, writing off, etc.
8. (Grammar) grammar to undergo agreement
[C14: from Old French agreer, from the phrase a gre at will or pleasure]
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a•gree
(əˈgri)v. a•greed, a•gree•ing. v.i.
1. to be of one mind; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol. by with): I agree with you.
2. to have the same opinion (often fol. by on or upon): We don't agree on politics.
3. to give consent; assent (often fol. by to): Do you agree to the conditions?
4. to arrive at a settlement or understanding: They have agreed on the price.
5. to be consistent; correspond; harmonize (usu. fol. by with): His story agrees with hers.
6. (of food or drink) to admit of digestion or absorption without difficulty (usu. fol. by with).
7. to be suitable; comply with a preference (often fol. by with): The climate did not agree with him.
8. to correspond in inflectional form, as in grammatical case, number, gender, or person: In he runs, the third person singular verb runs agrees with the subject he in person and number.
v.t. 9. to concede; grant (usu. fol. by a noun clause): I agree that he is the ablest of us.
[1350–1400; < Old French agre(e)r from phrase a gre at pleasure, at will; a < Latin ad to, at; gre < Latin grātum what is agreeable]
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agree
1. 'agree'
If someone says something and you say 'I agree', you mean that you have the same opinion.
'That film was excellent.' – 'I agree.'
2. 'agree with'
You can also say that you agree with someone or agree with what they say.
I agree with Mark.
He agreed with my idea.
Be Careful!
Don't say that you 'agree something' or 'are agreed with' it. Also, when you use 'agree' in this sense, don't use the progressive. Don't say, for example, 'I am agreeing with Mark'.
3. 'agree to'
If you agree to a suggestion or proposal, you say that you will allow it to happen.
He had agreed to the use of force.
However, don't say that someone 'agrees to' an invitation. You say that they accept it.
He accepted our invitation to the dinner party.
If someone asks you to do something and you agree to do it, you say that you will do it.
She agreed to lend me her car.
She finally agreed to come to the club on Wednesday.
Be Careful!
Don't say that you 'agree doing' something.
4. 'agree on'
If people reach a decision together about something, they agree on it.
We agreed on a date for the wedding.
5. 'agree that'
You can say what the decision is using agree and a that-clause.
They agreed that the meeting should be postponed.
The passive form 'It was agreed that...' is often used.
It was agreed that something had to be done.
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Past participle: agreed
Gerund: agreeing
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| Verb | 1. |  agree - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"settle - end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled" conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" see eye to eye - be in agreement; "We never saw eye to eye on this question" agree - achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" disagree, take issue, differ, dissent - be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" |
| 2. |  agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"plea-bargain - agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years" bargain - come to terms; arrive at an agreement | |
| 3. | agree - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" consist - be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" answer - match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" align - be or come into adjustment with correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" homologize - be homologous; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" adhere - be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules" | |
| 4. |  agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" | |
| 5. | agree - show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | |
| 6. |  agree - be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"suit - be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me" | |
| 7. |  agree - achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" conclude - reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire" |
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agree
verb
1. concur, engage, be as one, sympathize, assent, see eye to eye, be of the same opinion, be of the same mind I'm not sure I agree with you.
concur deny, dispute, differ, disagree, dissent, contradict, refute, retract, rebut
concur deny, dispute, differ, disagree, dissent, contradict, refute, retract, rebut
2. correspond, match, accord, answer, fit, suit, square, coincide, tally, conform, chime, harmonize His second statement agrees with the facts.
3. suit, get on, be good for, befit I don't think the food here agrees with me.
agree on something shake hands on, reach agreement on, settle on, negotiate, work out, arrive at, yield to, thrash out, accede to, concede to The warring sides have agreed on a ceasefire.
agree to something consent to, grant, approve, permit, accede to, assent to, acquiesce to, comply to, concur to All 100 senators agreed to postponement.
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agree
verb1. To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance:
2. To come to an understanding or to terms:
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Translations
وافقيَتَّفِق مَع، يَنْسَجِم مَعيَتَّفِق مَعيُنَاسِب، يُلائِميُوَافِق
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indvilligesamtykkestemme overensvære enig
hyväksyäollaolla samaa mieltäsopiavastata
složiti se
egyetért
eiga samaneiga viî, fara ísamòykkjavera sammála/í samræmi viî
賛成する一致する同じる同意する
동의하다
pritartisutarimassutartitikti
atbilstbūt piemērotampanestpiekristsaprasties
dobre spolu vychádzaťrobiť dobre
dogovoriti seprivolitisoglašatistrinjati se
hålla med
เห็นด้วย
aynı fikirde olmakkabul etmekrazı olmakuyuşmakyaramak
đồng ý
agree
[əˈgriː]A. VI
1. (= consent) → consentir
eventually he agreed → por fin consintió
you'll never get him to agree → no lograrás nunca su consentimiento
to agree to sth → consentir en or aceptar algo
he'll agree to anything → se aviene a todo
I agree to your marrying my niece → acepto que usted se case con mi sobrina
eventually he agreed → por fin consintió
you'll never get him to agree → no lograrás nunca su consentimiento
to agree to sth → consentir en or aceptar algo
he'll agree to anything → se aviene a todo
I agree to your marrying my niece → acepto que usted se case con mi sobrina
2. (= be in agreement) → estar de acuerdo; (= come to an agreement) → ponerse de acuerdo
I agree → estoy de acuerdo, estoy conforme
I quite agree → estoy completamente de acuerdo
don't you agree? → ¿no está de acuerdo?, ¿no le parece?
to agree about or on sth (= be in agreement) → estar de acuerdo sobre algo; (= come to an agreement) → ponerse de acuerdo sobre algo
I don't agree about trying again tomorrow → no estoy de acuerdo con lo de volverlo a intentar mañana
to agree with [+ person] → estar de acuerdo or coincidir con; [+ policy] → estar de acuerdo con, aprobar
I agree → estoy de acuerdo, estoy conforme
I quite agree → estoy completamente de acuerdo
don't you agree? → ¿no está de acuerdo?, ¿no le parece?
to agree about or on sth (= be in agreement) → estar de acuerdo sobre algo; (= come to an agreement) → ponerse de acuerdo sobre algo
I don't agree about trying again tomorrow → no estoy de acuerdo con lo de volverlo a intentar mañana
to agree with [+ person] → estar de acuerdo or coincidir con; [+ policy] → estar de acuerdo con, aprobar
3. (= accord, coincide) → concordar
these statements do not agree (with each other) → estas declaraciones no concuerdan
his reasoning agrees with mine → su razonamiento concuerda con el mío
these statements do not agree (with each other) → estas declaraciones no concuerdan
his reasoning agrees with mine → su razonamiento concuerda con el mío
5.
to agree with
to agree with
6. (Gram) → concordar (with con)
B. VT
2. (= be in agreement, come to an agreement) "it's impossible," she agreed → -es imposible -asintió
to agree that → estar de acuerdo en que
everyone agrees that it is so → todos están de acuerdo en que es así
it was agreed that → se acordó que ...
it is agreed that (on legal contracts) → se acuerda que ...
they agreed among themselves to do it → (todos) se pusieron de acuerdo para hacerlo
it was agreed to + INFIN → se acordó + infin
we agreed to meet up later → quedamos en vernos después
to agree to disagree or differ → estar en desacuerdo amistoso
to agree that → estar de acuerdo en que
everyone agrees that it is so → todos están de acuerdo en que es así
it was agreed that → se acordó que ...
it is agreed that (on legal contracts) → se acuerda que ...
they agreed among themselves to do it → (todos) se pusieron de acuerdo para hacerlo
it was agreed to + INFIN → se acordó + infin
we agreed to meet up later → quedamos en vernos después
to agree to disagree or differ → estar en desacuerdo amistoso
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agree
[əˈgriː] vi
(= hold the same opinion) [person, people] → être d'accord
"It's appalling." - "It is. I agree." → "C'est horrible." - "C'est vrai. Je suis d'accord."
to agree about sth
They find it hard to agree about this → Il leur est difficile de se mettre d'accord là-dessus.
to agree with sb → être d'accord avec qn
I agree with Carol → Je suis d'accord avec Carol.
to agree with sb about sth → être d'accord avec qn sur qch
to agree with sth
I agree with what you say → Je suis d'accord avec ce que tu dis.
"It's appalling." - "It is. I agree." → "C'est horrible." - "C'est vrai. Je suis d'accord."
to agree about sth
They find it hard to agree about this → Il leur est difficile de se mettre d'accord là-dessus.
to agree with sb → être d'accord avec qn
I agree with Carol → Je suis d'accord avec Carol.
to agree with sb about sth → être d'accord avec qn sur qch
to agree with sth
I agree with what you say → Je suis d'accord avec ce que tu dis.
(= be in favour of) to agree with sth [+ plan, idea, proposal] → être d'accord avec qch
The Prime Minister does not agree with this plan → Le Premier Ministre n'est pas d'accord avec ce projet.
to not agree with doing sth
I don't agree with children smoking → Je ne suis pas d'accord pour que les enfants fument.
The Prime Minister does not agree with this plan → Le Premier Ministre n'est pas d'accord avec ce projet.
to not agree with doing sth
I don't agree with children smoking → Je ne suis pas d'accord pour que les enfants fument.
(= consent) to agree to sth → accepter qch
He has agreed to our proposal → Il a accepté notre proposition.
to agree to do sth → accepter de faire qch, consentir à faire qch
He agreed to go and pick her up → Il a accepté d'aller la chercher.
to agree on sth [+ price, arrangement] → se mettre d'accord sur qch
to agree on doing sth
They agreed on going → Ils se mirent d'accord pour y aller.
to agree to disagree, to agree to differ → en rester là
We agreed to disagree → Nous sommes restés là.
He has agreed to our proposal → Il a accepté notre proposition.
to agree to do sth → accepter de faire qch, consentir à faire qch
He agreed to go and pick her up → Il a accepté d'aller la chercher.
to agree on sth [+ price, arrangement] → se mettre d'accord sur qch
to agree on doing sth
They agreed on going → Ils se mirent d'accord pour y aller.
to agree to disagree, to agree to differ → en rester là
We agreed to disagree → Nous sommes restés là.
[statements, explanations] → concorder
The two totals agree → Les deux totaux concordent.
to agree with sth → concorder avec qch
His statement agrees with those of other witnesses → Ses déclarations concordent avec celles d'autres témoins.
The two totals agree → Les deux totaux concordent.
to agree with sth → concorder avec qch
His statement agrees with those of other witnesses → Ses déclarations concordent avec celles d'autres témoins.
vt
(British) (= come to terms about) [+ price] → convenir de; [+ time] → convenir de
(= decide) to agree (that) ... (= decide) → convenir que ...
it was agreed that ... → il a été convenu que ...
it was agreed that ... → il a été convenu que ...
(= admit) to agree (that) ... → admettre que ...
I agree that it's difficult → J'admets que c'est difficile.
I agree that it's difficult → J'admets que c'est difficile.
(= be of the same opinion) to be agreed on sth → être d'accord sur qch
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agree
pret, ptp <agreed>vt
price, date etc → vereinbaren, abmachen
(= come to or be in agreement about) → zustimmen (+dat); we all agree that … → wir sind alle der Meinung, dass …; it was agreed that … → man einigte sich darauf, dass …, es wurde beschlossen, dass …; we agreed to do it → wir haben beschlossen, das zu tun; to agree to differ or disagree → sich (dat) → verschiedene Meinungen zugestehen; we agree to differ → wir sind uns einig, dass wir uns uneinig sind; is that agreed then, gentlemen? → sind alle einverstanden? ? also agreed
vi
(= hold same opinion, two or more people) → sich einig sein, übereinstimmen, einer Meinung sein; (one person) → der gleichen Meinung sein; to agree with somebody → jdm zustimmen; I agree! → der Meinung bin ich auch; we all agree, it’s a silly suggestion → wir sind uns alle einig, das ist ein alberner Vorschlag; I couldn’t agree more/less → ich bin völlig/überhaupt nicht dieser Meinung, ich stimme dem völlig/überhaupt nicht zu; it’s too late now, don’t or wouldn’t you agree? → finden or meinen Sie nicht auch, dass es jetzt zu spät ist?
to agree with a theory/the figures etc (accept) → eine Theorie/die Zahlen etc akzeptieren or für richtig halten
(= come to an agreement) → sich einigen (→ about über +acc)
(statements, figures etc: = tally) → übereinstimmen
to agree with something (= approve of) → etw befürworten, mit etw einverstanden sein; I don’t agree with children drinking wine → ich bin dagegen or ich bin nicht damit einverstanden, dass Kinder Wein trinken
(food, climate etc) something agrees with somebody → jdm bekommt etw; whisky doesn’t agree with me → ich vertrage Whisky nicht, Whisky bekommt mir nicht; that food didn’t agree with me → das Essen ist mir nicht bekommen
(Gram) → übereinstimmen
(people: = get on together) → sich vertragen, miteinander auskommen
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agree
[əˈgriː]1. vi
a. (be in agreement) to agree (with sb/sth) → essere or trovarsi d'accordo (con qn/qc)
to agree on/about sth → essere d'accordo su/riguardo a qc
I quite agree → sono perfettamente d'accordo
don't you agree? → non sei d'accordo?
to agree on/about sth → essere d'accordo su/riguardo a qc
I quite agree → sono perfettamente d'accordo
don't you agree? → non sei d'accordo?
b. (come to terms) to agree (on sth) → mettersi d'accordo (su qc), accordarsi (su qc)
c. (consent) to agree to sth → accettare qc, acconsentire a qc
d. (be in harmony, things) → andare d'accordo, concordare; (persons, get on together) → andare d'accordo (Gram) → concordare
2. vt
a. (come to agreement) to agree (that) → essere d'accordo (sul fatto che); (admit) → ammettere (che)
it was agreed that ... → è stato deciso (di comune accordo) che...
are we all agreed? → siamo tutti d'accordo?
is that agreed? → (siamo) d'accordo?
to agree to differ → rimanere ognuno della propria idea
to agree a price → pattuire un prezzo
it was agreed that ... → è stato deciso (di comune accordo) che...
are we all agreed? → siamo tutti d'accordo?
is that agreed? → (siamo) d'accordo?
to agree to differ → rimanere ognuno della propria idea
to agree a price → pattuire un prezzo
b. (consent) to agree to do sth → accettare di fare qc, acconsentire a fare qc
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agree
(əˈgriː) – past tense, past participle aˈgreed – verb1. (often with with) to think or say the same (as). I agreed with them that we should try again; The newspaper report does not agree with what he told us.
2. to say that one will do or allow something. He agreed to go; He agreed to our request.
3. (with with) to be good for (usually one's health). Cheese does not agree with me.
4. to be happy and friendly together. John and his wife don't agree.
aˈgreeable adjective pleasant. She is a most agreeable person.
aˈgreeably adverbaˈgreement noun
1. the state of agreeing. We are all in agreement.
2. a business, political etc arrangement, spoken or written. You have broken our agreement; We have signed an agreement.
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agree
→ يُوافِقُ عَلَى souhlasit være enig zustimmen συμφωνώ estar de acuerdo olla samaa mieltä être d’accord složiti se concordare 賛成する 동의하다 mee eens zijn samtykke zgodzić się concordar соглашаться hålla med เห็นด้วย aynı fikirde olmak đồng ý 同意Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
agree
vt. acordar; estar de acuerdo; sentar bien, caer bien;
we ___ → estamos de acuerdo;
coffee does not ___ with me → el café no me sienta bien; el café no me cae bien.
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agree
vi This pill didn’t agree with me..Esta pastilla me cayó or sentó mal.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.