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agree*/*/*/
[əˈgriː]
verb
1) [I/T] to have the same opinion as someone else
Doreen thought that the house was too small, and Jim agreed.[/ex]
I agree with my mother about most things.[/ex]
The committee members agreed on the need for more information.[/ex]
We all agree that we should celebrate this event.[/ex]
2) to say that you will do something that someone else wants or suggests
I asked her to marry me, and she agreed.[/ex]
We have agreed to their request for a full investigation.[/ex]
The school agreed to send the students on the course.[/ex]
3) [I/T] to decide together what will be done and how it will be done
Management and unions have agreed a pay deal.[/ex]
We need to agree on a date for our next meeting.[/ex]
4) [I] if two pieces of information agree, they are the same or they suggest the same thing
The observations agree with the predictions we made earlier.[/ex]
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See:
accept
- agree with sb
- agree with sth
Word family: agree Words in the same family as [i]agree ● agreeable adj ● disagreeable adj ● agreement n ● disagreement n ● disagree v

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