agree

a·gree (

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v. a·greed, a·gree·ing, a·grees

v.intr.

1. To grant consent; accede: We agreed to her suggestion.

2. To come into or be in accord, as of opinion: I agree with you on that. Our views on the election agree.

3. To come to an understanding or to terms: We agreed on the price.

4. To be compatible or consistent; correspond: The copy agrees with the original. His story agrees with mine.

5. To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful: Spicy food does not agree with me.

6. Grammar To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

v.tr.

To grant or concede: My parents agreed that we should go.

[Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer, from Vulgar Latin *aggrtre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin grtus, pleasing; see g^wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: agree, conform, harmonize, accord, correspond, coincide
These verbs all indicate a compatibility between people or things. Agree may indicate mere lack of incongruity or discord, although it often suggests acceptance of ideas or actions and thus accommodation: We finally agreed on a price for the house.
Conform stresses correspondence in essence or basic characteristics, sometimes as a result of established standards: Students are required to conform to the rules.
Harmonize implies the combination or arrangement of elements in a pleasing whole: The print on the curtains harmonized with the striped sofa.
Accord implies harmony, unity, or consistency, as in essential nature: "The creed [upon which America was founded] was widely seen as both progressive and universalistic: It accorded with the future, and it was open to all" Everett Carll Ladd.
Correspond refers to similarity in form, nature, function, character, or structure: The Diet in Japan corresponds to the American Congress.
Coincide stresses exact agreement: "His interest happily coincided with his duty" Edward A. Freeman. See Also Synonyms at assent.

agree

Verb

[agreeing, agreed]

1. to be of the same opinion

2. to give assent; consent

3. to be consistent

4. agree on to reach a joint decision about: the ministers agreed on a strategy

5. agree with to be agreeable or suitable to (one's health or appearance): marriage and motherhood must agree with you

6. to concede: the unions have agreed that the results of appraisal are relevant

7. Grammar to be the same in number, gender, and case as a connected word [Old French a gre at will]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb	1.	agree - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" concur, concord, hold settle - end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled" conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" see eye to eye - be in agreement; "We never saw eye to eye on this question" concede, grant, yield - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" subscribe, support - adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" resolve, conclude - reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation arrange, fix up - make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" agree - achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" disagree, take issue, differ, dissent - be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
	2.	agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" plea-bargain - agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years" bargain - come to terms; arrive at an agreement consent, go for, accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" acquiesce, assent, accede - to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
	3.	agree - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" gibe, jibe, match, tally, correspond, fit, check consist - be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" check out, check - be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" answer - match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" align - be or come into adjustment with correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" equal, be - be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" homologize - be homologous; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" befit, beseem, suit - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" adhere - be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules" rime, rhyme - be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" disaccord, discord, disagree - be different from one another
	4.	agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" blend in, blend, go - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
	5.	agree - show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
	6.	agree - be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me" suit - be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
	7.	agree - achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" conclude - reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"