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agreed

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a·gree  (-gr)
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 gwer-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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.agreed - united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their distrust of authority"
united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"

agreed
interjection 2. all right, done, settled, it's a bargain or deal, O.K. or okay (informal) you're on (informal) ka pai N.Z.
Translations
Spanish agreed [əˈgriːd] adj [time, place] → convenido
French agreed [əˈgriːd] agree adj [time, place] → convenu(e);
to be agreed → être d'accord

German agreed [əˈgriːd] agree adjvereinbart;
to be agreed agree → sich dat einig sein

Italian agreed [əˈgriːd] adj [time, place] → stabilito/a;
to be agreed → essere d'accordo

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When on the evening that he arrived home he informed the bailiff of his plans, the latter with visible pleasure agreed with what he said so long as he was pointing out that all that had been done up to that time was stupid and useless.
During his absence we faithfully complied with his Desire and after the most mature Deliberation, at length agreed that the best thing we could do was to leave the House; of which we every moment expected the officers of Justice to take possession.
The physicians attend; the case of the patient is carefully examined; a consultation is held; they are unanimously agreed that the symptoms are critical, but that the case, with proper and timely relief, is so far from being desperate, that it may be made to issue in an improvement of his constitution.
 
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