agreement

Meanings

1. A decision or arrangement reached by two or more people or groups.
2. A shared opinion, or the state of agreeing.
3. The matching of a verb with its subject in grammar.

Example sentences

• "The two neighbors finally reached an agreement about the fence."

  Level A2, Meaning 1

• "We are all in agreement about the date."

  Level A2, Meaning 2

• "Please read the agreement before you sign it."

  Level A2, Meaning 1

• "Subject and verb agreement is a key grammar topic."

  Level B2, Meaning 3

Synonyms and antonyms

Look-alikes and common mistakes

• contract : A contract is a legal agreement written down. An agreement can be spoken or informal.
• deal : Deal is the casual word for an agreement, especially about money or business.

Word family and forms

Forms: agreements

Word partners

Words and phrases that often go with "agreement".

• reach an agreement
• sign an agreement
• in agreement
• a written agreement
• break an agreement
• a trade agreement

Idioms and phrases

in agreement

Sharing the same opinion.

"The teachers were in agreement about the new rules."

Origin

Agreement came into English in the late 1300s and early 1400s from Old French agrement, a word built from agree plus the ending -ment. The sense of two sides reaching a decision grew from the idea of being pleased with the same thing.

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

How to remember it

Agreement is agree plus ment, so it is the result of agreeing.

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