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agree

/əˈɡɹi/

verb

Meaning

  • To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.

    "all parties agree in the expediency of the law."

  • To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.

    "to agree to an offer, or to opinion."

  • To yield assent to; to approve.

  • 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.

  • To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

    "the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly."

  • (now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

    "the same food does not agree with every constitution."

  • (grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.

    "In Romanian, the articles, adjectives, pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to."

  • To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Synonyms

coincide,
correspond,
match,
resemble,
bargain,
deal,
engage,
fit,
suit,
concur,
harmonize,
accede,
come around,
give way,
approve,
set