agree

Verb

agree (third-person singular simple present agrees, present participle agreeing, simple past and past participle agreed)

1. (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
   • All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
   • I mostly agree with what you said, but I consider your last point to be unfair.

   Synonyms:

   concur, stipulate, coincide, correspond, match, resemble, tie in, comport

2. (intransitive) To give assent; to accede.
   • It was agreed to meet here at midday.
   • The workers did not agree to the new terms offered by the trade union.
3. (Ireland, UK, transitive) To yield assent to; to approve.
   • We agreed a bargain yesterday.
   • ... and there, after a good while in discourse, we did agree a bargain of £5,000 with Sir Roger Cuttance for my Lord Sandwich for silk, cinnamon, ...1666, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, page 88

   Synonyms:

   approve, set, strike

4. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
   • Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matt 5:25
   • But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matt 20:13

   Synonyms:

   bargain

5. (intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
   • The picture does not agree with the original.
   • The two scales agree exactly.

   Synonyms:

   check

6. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
   • The same food does not agree with every constitution.

   Synonyms:

   fit, suit

7. (intransitive) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
   • In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to.
8. (intransitive) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.