transcription, транскрипция: [ əgri: ]
( agrees, agreeing, agreed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
If we agreed all the time it would be a bit boring, wouldn’t it?...
Both have agreed on the need for the money...
So we both agree there’s a problem?...
I see your point but I’m not sure I agree with you...
I agree with you that the open system is by far the best...
‘It’s appalling.’—‘It is. I agree.’...
I agree that the demise of London zoo would be terrible...
I agree with every word you’ve just said...
‘Frankly I found it rather frightening.’ ‘A little startling,’ Mark agreed.
= concur
≠ disagree
V-RECIP : pl-n V , pl-n V , pl-n V that , V with n , V with n that , NON-RECIP : V , V that , V with n , V with quote
2.
If you agree to do something, you say that you will do it. If you agree to a proposal, you accept it.
He agreed to pay me for the drawings...
Donna agreed to both requests...
= consent
VERB : V to-inf , V to n
3.
If people agree on something, or in British English if they agree something, they all decide to accept or do something.
The warring sides have agreed on an unconditional ceasefire...
We never agreed a date...
The court had given the unions until September to agree terms with a buyer.
V-RECIP : pl-n V on/upon n , pl-n V n , V n with n , also pl-n V to-inf
4.
If two people who are arguing about something agree to disagree or agree to differ , they decide to stop arguing because neither of them is going to change their opinion.
You and I are going to have to agree to disagree then.
PHRASE : V inflects , pl-n PHR
5.
If you agree with an action or suggestion, you approve of it.
I don’t agree with what they’re doing...
≠ disagree
VERB : V with n
6.
If one account of an event or one set of figures agrees with another, the two accounts or sets of figures are the same or are consistent with each other.
His second statement agrees with facts as stated by the other witnesses.
= tally
V-RECIP : V with n , also V
7.
If some food that you eat does not agree with you, it makes you feel ill.
I don’t think the food here agrees with me.
VERB : with neg , V with n
8.
In grammar, if a word agrees with a noun or pronoun, it has a form that is appropriate to the number or gender of the noun or pronoun. For example, in ‘He hates it’, the singular verb agrees with the singular pronoun ‘he’.
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V
9.
see also agreed