verb
1 share opinion
ADVERB
▪ emphatically , heartily , strongly , very much
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I very much ~ with your point.
▪ absolutely , completely , entirely , fully , quite , totally , wholeheartedly
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I ~ entirely with what you have said.
▪ basically , broadly , generally , largely
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It is generally ~d that more funding is needed for education.
▪ unanimously
▪ privately , secretly
VERB + AGREE
▪ cannot
▪ have to
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I would have to ~ with you there.
▪ be inclined to , tend to
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I'm inclined to ~ there's nothing we can do.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
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We don't always ~ about everything.
▪ on , upon
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Are we all ~d on this?
▪ with
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Do you ~ with me that the plan won't work?
PHRASES
▪ I couldn't ~ more
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I couldn't ~ more with what has just been said.
▪ I quite ~
▪ I'm sure you will ~
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I'm sure you'll ~ that this issue is vitally important to the success of the company.
2 say yes; decide
ADVERB
▪ happily , readily , voluntarily , willingly
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She suggested a walk in the open air and he readily ~d.
▪ grudgingly , reluctantly
▪ graciously , kindly
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Ms Harlow has kindly ~d to help.
▪ secretly , tacitly
▪ expressly ( BrE )
▪ provisionally ( esp. BrE )
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It was provisionally ~d that August 12 was to be the date.
VERB + AGREE
▪ be unable to , fail to
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The two countries were unable to ~ on a common strategy.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
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He ~d to our proposals.
PHRASES
▪ ~ to differ , ~ to disagree
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We must just ~ to disagree on this point.
▪ (be) mutually ~d
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We are working towards/toward mutually ~d goals.
▪ internationally ~d , nationally ~d
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nationally ~d guidelines
Agree is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ authority , ↑ conference , ↑ country , ↑ court , ↑ expert , ↑ judge , ↑ minister , ↑ observer , ↑ scientist , ↑ session , ↑ side , ↑ signatory , ↑ union
Agree is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arrangement , ↑ ceasefire , ↑ date , ↑ deal , ↑ fee , ↑ merger , ↑ minute , ↑ objective , ↑ plan , ↑ price , ↑ programme , ↑ resolution , ↑ settlement , ↑ solution , ↑ sum , ↑ truce , ↑ verdict