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say it: uh-GREE
agree is a verb meaning "be in accord; be in agreement". It carries 7 recorded senses.
consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
“She agreed to all my conditions”
“He agreed to leave her alone”
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”
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“Subjects and verbs must always agree in English”
grammar
achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose
“No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for agree come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.