EGAVE

agree

About 33.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
    All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
  2. verb To give assent; to accede.
    It was agreed to meet here at midday.
  3. verb To yield assent to; to approve.
    We agreed a bargain yesterday.
  4. verb 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. verb To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
    The picture does not agree with the original.
  6. verb To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
    The same food does not agree with every constitution.
  7. verb To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
    In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to.
  8. verb To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Similar words

accord concur fit correspond consort fit in jibe harmonize tally gibe

Often followed by

with to that on in upon or as and

Word family

agreed agreeing agrees

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