a·gree
(ə-grḗ)
[Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer, from Vulgar Latin* aggrātāre, Latin ad-, ad-, + Latin grātus, pleasing.]
verb: a·greed, a·gree·ing, a·grees.
intransitive verb
- To grant consent; accede: We agreed to her suggestion.
- To come into or be in accord, as of opinion: I agree with you on that. Our views on the election agree.
- To come to an understanding or to terms: We agreed on the price.
- To be compatible or consistent; correspond: The copy agrees with the original. His story agrees with mine.
- To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful: Spicy food does not agree with me.
- Grammar To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
transitive verb
- To grant or concede: My parents agreed that we should go.
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 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: assent
