agree has definitions from the field of grammar
1
[ verb ] be in accord; be in agreement

Synonyms

concur hold concord

Examples

"We agreed on the terms of the settlement" "I can't agree with you!" "I hold with those you say life is sacred" "Both philosophers concord on this point"

Used in print

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Mays and Mantle , both 10 - year men at 30 , have so much ability that , baseball men agree , they 've never hit the heights .

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

All Southerners agree that slavery had to go ; but many historians maintain that except for Northern meddling it would have ended in states like Virginia years before it did .

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

Theoretical studies of the hydrogen_bond generally agree that the **f bond will be linear in the absence of peculiarities of packing in the solid .

(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)

Thus in independent voting , * * f or 0.52 of the couples would agree .

But Table 7 - 1 shows that * * f or 0.70 agree , too many for independent voting .

2
[ verb ] consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something

Examples

: "She agreed to all my conditions" "He agreed to leave her alone"

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

Rousseau had_to admit that though he could n't agree to a public performance , he would indeed , just for his own private satisfaction , dearly love to know how his work would sound when done by professional musicians and by trained voices .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

He agreed !

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

But that year was different , for just as the city , in the form of my street clothes , had intruded upon my mountain nights , so an essential part of the summer gave promise of continuing into the fall : Jessica and I , about to be separated not by a mere footbridge or mess-hall kitchen but by the immense obstacle of residing in cruelly distant boroughs , had agreed to correspond .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Charlie_Marble was back_and_forth on several occasions , first to confer_with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las_Vegas engagement - they decided it was wise - and later to announce that a prominent comedian , also an agency client , had agreed to fill the casino 's open date .

3
[ verb ] be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

Douglass found powder intensity calculations and measurements to agree best for **f .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

It is , however , highly suggestive and agrees well with our own findings in which we also failed to demonstrate normally occurring bronchial_artery pulmonary_artery shunts in certain species , especially the dog .

(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)

In repetitions of the experiment from couple to couple , the votes of the two persons in a couple probably agree more often than independence would imply , because couples who visit the museum together are more likely to have similar tastes than are a random pair of people drawn from the entire population of visitors .

4
[ verb ] go together

Examples

"The colors don't harmonize" "Their ideas concorded"

Used in print

(J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)

The values agree with the data from 1958_Alpha and 1959_Eta .

Related terms

match blend match harmony harmony

5
[ verb ] be agreeable or suitable

Examples

"White wine doesn't agree with me"

Related terms

suit

6
[ verb ] (grammar) show grammatical agreement

Examples

"Subjects and verbs must always agree in English"

Related terms

grammar agreement

7
[ verb ] achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose

Examples

"No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

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