disagree
Verbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//dɪsəˈɡɹiː//
- Vereinigte Staaten//dɪsəˈɡɹi//
To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
Verb
- 1
To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
John disagreed with Mary frequently.
Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree.
Not only did I oppose President George H.W. Bush on his China policy, I strenuously disagreed with Democratic President Bill Clinton on his trade and human rights policies toward China and Tibet as well. This was difficult because I otherwise greatly supported and admired his leadership.
You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfriend disagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.
- 2
To fail to conform or correspond with.
My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.
Herkunft
From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.
Formen
- Präteritum
- disagreed
- Partizip II
- disagreed
- Partizip I
- disagreeing
- 3. Person Singular
- disagrees
disagree · To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
disagreement · An argument or debate.disappear · To vanish.disappearance · The action of disappearing or vanishing.