agree

Verb

1. 1

   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.

   I couldn’t agree more with what you say, but my brother still doesn't quite agree.

   You know that in so great a state as this, Two mightie foes can never well agree.

2. 2

   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. 3

   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, ...

   The essential idea is that parties should enter the market, choose their contractors, set their own terms and agree a bargain.

   Bishops agree sex abuse rules

4. 4

   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.

   But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

5. 5

   To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.

   The picture does not agree with the original.

   The two scales agree exactly.

6. 6

   To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

   The same food does not agree with every constitution.

7. 7

   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. 8

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

Formen

Präteritum

agreed

Partizip II

agreed

Partizip I

agreeing

3. Person Singular

agrees