Word.ws English Dictionary

agreement

Syllables: a·gree·ment/əˈɡɹiːmənt/

agreement noun: an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

Noun

agreement (countable and uncountable, plural agreements)

  1. (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
    • to enter an agreement
    • The UK and US negotiators were nearing agreement.
    Synonyms:
    concord
  2. (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
    • The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.
    Synonyms:
    congeniality
  3. (uncountable) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
    Synonyms:
    settlement
  4. (uncountable) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
    • Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agreeʼ with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number...1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 306
  5. (in plural, obsolete) An agreeable quality.
    • Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].1650, John Donne, Elegie XVII

agreement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

agreement in Hindi

understanding to follow a course of conduct
सहमति sahamti, इक़रार iqrār, समझौता samjhautā
state whereby several parties share a view
समझौता samjhautā, अनुबंध anubandh
legally binding contract
अनुबंध anubandh, समझौता samjhautā, सन्धि sandhi

agreement in Tamil

ஒப்பந்தம் ஒப்புதல், உடன்பாடு, ஆமோதம், ஆமோதனம், ஆமோதிப்பு, உடன்படிக்கை

agreement in Urdu

legally binding contract
اِقْرار نامَہ iqrār nāma, مُعاہَدَہ mu'āhada, تَوافُق tavāfuq, پَیمَان paimān

agreement in Bengali

understanding to follow a course of conduct
ঐকমত্য ōikōmōttō, মতৈক্য motōikkō, ঐক্য ōikkō
legally binding contract
চুক্তি cukti, সমঝোতা śomjhōta, সন্ধি śōndhi
More languagesFewer languages
agreement in Telugu
ఒడంబడిక oḍambaḍika
agreement in Malayalam
ഉടമ്പടി uṭampaṭi, തീരുമാനം tīrumānaṁ, യോജിപ്പ് yōjippŭ, കരാർ karāṟ
agreement in Kannada
ಒಪ್ಪಂದ, ಒಡಂಬಡಿಕೆ, ಕಂದಣೆ, ಮುಗುವಳಿ
agreement in Punjabi
ਕਬੂਲ kabūl, ਇਕਰਾਰ ikarār
agreement in Gujarati
કોલ kol, કબૂલાત kabūlāt
agreement in Odia
ରାଜି rāji, କଥା kathā, ନିର୍ଧାରଣ nirdhāraṇa
agreement in Sanskrit
संज्ञा saṃjñā́, संकेत saṃketa, क्रियाकार kriyākāra, कट kaṭa
agreement in Pashto
شرطنامه šartnāmá, پيمان paymãn
agreement in Tagalog
usapan
agreement in Arabic
مُوَافَقَة muwāfaqa, اِتِّفَاق ittifāq, تَوَافُق tawāfuq, تَفَاهُم tafāhum
agreement in Malay
persetujuan, perjanjian, persetiaan
agreement in Indonesian
perjanjian, persetujuan
agreement in Thai
กติกา gà-dtì-gaa, ความตกลง kwaam-dtòk-long, ข้อตกลง kɔ̂ɔ-dtòk-long
agreement in Vietnamese
hợp, hiệp định, đồng ý, hợp đồng
agreement in Myanmar
စာချုပ် cahkyup, ကတိ ka.ti.

Examples of agreement in a sentence

  • He nodded his agreement.
  • Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement.1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 306:

All 40 example sentences with agreement

Synonyms of agreement

19 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of agreement

Forms of agreement

pluralagreements

Plural of agreement: agreements

Origin of agreement

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.

Words formed from agreement

Phrases with agreement

Questions about agreement

What does agreement mean?
Agreement means an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
What is agreement in Hindi?
Agreement in Hindi is सहमति (sahamti), इक़रार (iqrār), समझौता (samjhautā). See Agreement meaning in Hindi.
How do you use agreement in a sentence?
He nodded his agreement.
What part of speech is agreement?
Agreement is a noun.
How do you pronounce agreement?
Agreement is pronounced /əˈɡɹiːmənt/.
What is the plural of agreement?
The plural of agreement is agreements.

Words near agreement in the dictionary

  1. agreeing to disagree
  2. agreeing with
  3. agreeingly
  4. agreeingness
  5. agreeings
  6. agreement
  7. agreement as to succession
  8. agreement conferring jurisdiction
  9. agreement in principle
  10. agreement of tenses
  11. agreement on the choice of court

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: agreement (page history and authors); agreement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఒడంబడిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); agreement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਇਕਰਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કબૂલાત (Gujarati) (page history and authors); କଥା (Odia) (page history and authors); कट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-agreement.ogg.

Cite this entry: “agreement.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/agreement. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.