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Another word for agree

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Verb

  1. To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance

      1. It is so; as you say or ask. Used to express affirmation, agreement, positive confirmation, or consent.
      2. An affirmative or consenting reply.
      3. An affirmative vote or voter.
      1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).
      2. To sign (one's name) at the end of a document, especially to attest to or authenticate it.
      3. To sign one's name to (a document) in attestation, testimony, or consent:
      1. To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.
      2. To let the head fall forward when sleepy.
      3. To be careless or momentarily inattentive as if sleepy; lapse:
      1. To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree:
      2. To be of the same mind or opinion.
      3. Acceptance or approval of what is planned or done by another; acquiescence.
      1. To express agreement or acceptance, as of a proposal.
      2. Agreement; concurrence:
      3. Acquiescence; consent:
      1. To consent or comply passively or without protest:
      1. To answer affirmatively:
      2. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
      3. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval:
      1. To give one's consent, often at the insistence of another:
      2. To arrive at or come into an office or dignity:
      3. To become a party to an agreement or treaty.
    See also:

    agree

  2. To come to an understanding or to terms

    See also:

    agree

  3. To be compatible or in correspondence

      1. A square or cube.
      2. An approximately square or cubic area, space, or object.
      3. A bone or cartilaginous structure of the skull, joining the upper and lower jaws in birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
      1. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack.
      2. To cause (a sail) to jibe.
      3. The act of jibing.
      1. A reckoning, score, or amount:
      2. A record of a reckoning, score, or amount:
      3. The act of scoring a point or goal in a game or contest:
      1. A plane figure having four equal sides.
      2. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
      3. A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
      1. One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another:
      2. One that is like another in one or more specified qualities:
      3. One that is able to compete equally with another:
      1. To bring or come into agreement or harmony.
      2. To provide harmony for (a melody).
      3. To be in agreement; be harmonious.
      1. To be the proper size and shape for:
      2. To cause to be the proper size and shape:
      3. To measure for proper size:
      1. To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity.
      2. To be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function:
      3. To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.
      1. To be made up or composed:
      2. To have a basis; reside or lie:
      3. To be compatible; accord:
      1. To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications:
      2. To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards:
      3. To be similar in form or pattern:
      1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.
      2. A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument.
      3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.
      1. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee.
      1. To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate:
      2. To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
      3. To be in agreement, unity, or harmony.
    See also:

    agree

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Another word for agree

Verb
  1. See also:

    agree with

    agree to

    agree on

    Antonyms:

Synonym Study

  • Tally implies exact correspondence of one thing to another their accounts of the incident did not tally See also syn. study at consent.
  • Coincide stresses the identical character of the things considered their needs coincide
  • Correspond is applied to that which matches, complements, or is analogous to something else their Foreign Office corresponds to our State Department
  • Harmonize implies a combination or association of different things in a proportionate or pleasing arrangement harmonizing colors
  • Accord emphasizes fitness for each other of things that are being considered together
  • Conform emphasizes agreement in form or basic character
  • Agree implies being or going together without conflict and is the general term used in expressing an absence of inconsistencies, inequalities, etc.
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Sentence Examples

  • We both agree that you need to get out of this place for a while.

  • I agree with you.

  • He wanted to agree out of anger but couldn't.

  • I was simply stating that I agree with the man.

  • I know you agree with me.

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