agree

Meanings

1. To have the same opinion as someone else.
2. To say yes to something, or to accept a plan.
3. To match in grammar, as a verb with its subject.

Example sentences

• "I agree with you that the plan needs more time."

  Level A1, Meaning 1

• "They agreed to meet at noon."

  Level A2, Meaning 2

• "We agreed on a price for the old car."

  Level A2, Meaning 2

• "In English, the verb must agree with the subject."

  Level B1, Meaning 3

Synonyms and antonyms

Look-alikes and common mistakes

• accept : Accept means to receive or take something offered. Agree means to share an opinion or say yes to a plan.
• consent : Consent is formal permission. Agree is the everyday word.

Word family and forms

Forms: agrees, agreed, agreeing

Word partners

Words and phrases that often go with "agree".

• agree with
• agree to
• agree on
• I couldn't agree more
• agree to disagree
• fully agree

Idioms and phrases

agree to disagree

To accept that you will not share an opinion and stop arguing.

"We could not decide, so we agreed to disagree."

Origin

Agree came into English in the 1300s from Old French agreer, which meant to accept kindly. The French word comes from the phrase a gre, at pleasure or at will, from Latin ad, to, and gratum, pleasing. So to agree first meant to be pleased with something.

Checked against: Wiktionary, the free dictionary, Dictionary.com.

Usage notes

Followed by "with" for people, "to" for plans, or "that" for a clause, as in "agree with him", "agree to the plan", "agree that it's true".

How to remember it

Agree hides a gree, an old word for pleasure. If two people agree, they are pleased with the same thing.

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