əˈgrē verb
( agreed ; agreed ; agreeing ; agrees )
Etymology: Middle English agreen, from Middle French agreer, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + gré will, pleasure, from Latin gratum, neuter of gratus beloved, dear, agreeable — more at grace
transitive verb
1.
a. : to concur in (as an opinion) : admit
all agreed that he was a man of stature
b. : to indicate willingness : consent
agree to abide by the interpretation of the court — M.R.Cohen
2. chiefly Britain
a. : to settle upon by arrangement : arrange
the following articles were agreed — Sir Winston Churchill
b. : to bring into settlement
they have agreed their quarrel
intransitive verb
1. : to give assent : express approval : accede — usually used with to or with and sometimes with in
agree to a plan
agree with an opinion
I agree … in … what you say — Benjamin Jowett
2.
a. : to achieve harmony (as of opinion, feeling, or purpose) : become of one mind
no two of his admirers would … agree in their selection of characteristic passages — Bliss Perry
agree with classical antiquity in deeming a figure of speech to be worth frequent use — C.E.Montague
b. : to live or act together harmoniously : get along together
the two managed to agree fairly well and the next month passed very pleasantly — Elinor Wylie
c. : to reach a harmonious understanding : come to terms — usually used with on or upon
agree on a fair division of the profits
the means of settling the dispute were finally agreed upon
3.
a. : to be similar : correspond — used with with
the photographs agree exactly with the originals
b. : to resemble one another : correspond to each other
the accounts of the wreck did not agree
c. : to be consistent or consonant : harmonize — used with with
popular poetry … agreed with the favorite fiction … in attitude — J.D.Hart
4.
a. obsolete : to react suitably, pleasingly, or healthfully — used with with
your appetites and your digestions do not agree with it — Shakespeare
b. : to be fitting, pleasing, or healthful : suit — used with with
a dry climate will agree with the patient
onions don't agree with everyone
5. : to have an inflectional form denoting either identity or some regular correspondence other than identity in such grammatical categories as gender, number, case, or person
the German verb agrees with its subject in person and number
the Latin adjective agrees with its noun in gender, number, and case
in classical Greek a verb in the third person singular agrees with a neuter plural subject
Synonyms:
concur , coincide : agree suggests an accord, harmony, or compatibility arrived at by a settling of differences, as in the making of a truce, or by acquiescence where there was or might have been opposition or contention
agree upon a price
I will presume that Mr. Murry and myself can agree that for our purposes these counters are adequate — T.S.Eliot
concur suggests a thinking, acting, or functioning cooperatively or harmoniously toward a given end or for a given purpose
for the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment — Matthew Arnold
all those who have been concerned in the administration of our finances have concurred in representing its importance or necessity — John Marshall
coincide emphasizes the identity or precise accord of nature, function, opinion, or attitude in much the same way that, applied to historical events, it signifies their occurrence at precisely the same time or place. It is infrequently used of persons
private groups whose interests did not coincide with national defense — T.W.Arnold
the hearty tones natural when the words demanded by politeness coincide with those of deep feeling — Thomas Hardy
Synonyms:
tally , square , conform , correspond , harmonize , accord , jibe : agree is a general term indicating a going, fitting, or matching together without significant difference, contradiction, or conflict
in general, the two accounts agree
their findings agree with his
tally suggests an agreement like that between two correct sets of accounts or records matching in both itemized details and overall conclusions
one thing must match another or representation must tally with thing represented, like items in a tradesman's account — R.M.Weaver
square suggests an exact agreeing, as if one item could perfectly fit with the form or shape of another
these two assertions square with orthodox tradition — T.S.Omond
the facts of history exist; but they hardly trouble us. We select and interpret our documents till they square with our theories — Aldous Huxley
conform suggests an essential agreement in form or in action, nature, or import making differences or deviations unimportant
a widely diffused popular story of a fairy wife or husband which conforms to the type known as the Swan Maiden, or Beauty and the Beast, or Cupid and Psyche — J.G.Frazer
and since theology was philosophy's queen, medieval philosophy conformed to that system which Augustine employed in his theology — H.O.Taylor
correspond may be used to indicate the matching of far-apart or dissimilar things in falling into the same category or in being analogous, as well as to apply to closely similar items
remind ourselves that ideas and images and thoughts are merely the objects that correspond to certain impulses and conations of our own — Samuel Alexander
conjurers, who correspond to the Siberian shamans, affect the usual mystery of the priestly craft — Edward Clodd
harmonize suggests a matching, juxtaposing, or combining agreeably or pleasurably without jarring or grating
the advantage of the Ptolemaic scheme, complicated though it was, was that it harmonized fairly well with the observable phenomena of the heavens — G.C.Sellery
such mortal impulses were so very difficult to harmonize with the eternal beatitude which consisted in the cognition and love of God — H.O.Taylor
accord suggests a general compatibility, a capacity for fitting, matching, or accompanying without friction, discord, difficulty
the common doctrine of liberty accorded with the passions released by the Revolution — V.L.Parrington
the splendid moving ritual, with a Queen who so perfectly accorded with its spirit, lifted the people of Britain out of their normal selves — Britain Today
jibe is more colloquial than the preceding; it suggests matching, fitting, or accord without serious difficulty or contradiction
that the attempts at “reconciliation” were futile, that common sense and science simply wouldn't jibe, was not Mill's fault — Gail Kennedy
Synonym: see in addition assent .