(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people.
It looks as though a compromise ~ has now been reached...
The two countries signed an ~ to jointly launch satellites.
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N prep
2.
Agreement on something is a joint decision that a particular course of action should be taken.
The two men had not reached ~ on any issues...
? dis~
N-UNCOUNT: oft N on n
3.
Agreement with someone means having the same opinion as they have.
The judge kept nodding in ~...
? dis~
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If you are in ~ with someone, you have the same opinion as they have.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, v PHR, oft PHR with n
4.
Agreement to a course of action means allowing it to happen or giving it your approval.
The clinic doctor will then write to your GP to get his ~.
= consent
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If you are in ~ with a plan or proposal, you approve of it.
The president was in full ~ with the proposal.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu PHR with n
5.
If there is ~ between two accounts of an event or two sets of figures, they are the same or are consistent with each other.
Many other surveys have produced results essentially in ~ with these figures.
= concurrence
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6.
In grammar, ~ refers to the way that a word has a form appropriate to the number or gender of the noun or pronoun it relates to.
= concord
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