agree Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be in accord; be in agreement
    hold; concur; concord.
    • We agreed on the terms of the settlement
    • I can't agree with you!
    • I hold with those who say life is sacred
    • Both philosophers concord on this point
  2. verb consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
    • She agreed to all my conditions
    • He agreed to leave her alone
  3. verb be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
    gibe; fit; tally; correspond; jibe; check; match.
    • The two stories don't agree in many details
    • The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
    • The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
  4. verb go together
    accord; fit in; concord; consort; harmonise; harmonize.
    • The colors don't harmonize
    • Their ideas concorded
  5. verb show grammatical agreement
    • Subjects and verbs must always agree in English
  6. verb be agreeable or suitable
    • White wine doesn't agree with me
  7. verb achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose
    • No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman

WordNet

A*gree" intransitive verb
Etymology
F. agréer to accept or receive kindly, fr. à gré; à (L. ad) + gré good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grateful.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Agreed present participle & verbal noun Agreeing
Definitions
  1. To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
    If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak.
    Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56.
    The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne.
  2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
  3. 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. Matt. v. 25.
    Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Matt. xx. 13.
  4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
  5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
  6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person. ✍ The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. "The jury were agreed." Macaulay. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?" Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. "I agree me well to your desire." Ld. Berners. Syn. -- To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
A*gree" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. Obs. Spenser.
  2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. Obs.

Webster 1913