agree
be in accord; be in agreement
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,241 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,795 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be in accord; be in agreement also: hold, concur, concord We agreed on the terms of the settlementI can't agree with you!
- consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something She agreed to all my conditionsHe agreed to leave her alone
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics also: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe The two stories don't agree in many detailsThe handwriting checks with the signature on the check
- go together also: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in The colors don't harmonizeTheir ideas concorded
- show grammatical agreement Subjects and verbs must always agree in English
- be agreeable or suitable White wine doesn't agree with me
agree in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Well, it does not agree with me.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Border notions of work don't agree with his delicate digestion!
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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And more than that, he had to agree with the verdicts and applaud them.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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And if in life her love she nill agree me, Pray her before I die, she will come see me.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Yet they all agree that, as illustration of "parlour comedy," his "Love in '76" is a satisfactory example of sprightliness and fresh inventiveness.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1