agree
verb
/əˈɡriː/
/əˈɡriː/
share opinion
1 intransitive, transitive to have the same opinion as somebody; to say that you have the same opinion
When he said that, I had to agree.
+ speech
‘That's true’, she agreed.
agree with somebody
I totally agree with you!
agree about/on something
You can't expect them to agree on everything.
agree with somebody about/on something
He agreed with them about the need for change.
agree with something
Many experts agree wholeheartedly with this statement.
I tend to agree with her political views.
agree (that)…
All parties agree (that) urgent action is required.
We agreed (that) the proposal was a good one.
‘It's terrible.’ ‘I couldn't agree more!’ (= I completely agree)
OPPOSITE disagree
TOPICS Opinion and argument A1
Collocations
adverb
emphaticallyheartilystrongly…
verb + agree
cannothave tobe inclined to…
preposition
aboutonupon…
phrases
I couldn’t agree moreI quite agreeI’m sure you will agree…
approve of something
2 intransitive (used especially in negative sentences) to approve of something because you think it is morally right
agree with doing something
I don't agree with hitting children as a punishment.
agree with something
I'm not sure I agree with the government's policy on this.
say yes
3 intransitive, transitive to say ‘yes’; to say that you will do what somebody wants or that you will allow something to happen
I asked for a pay rise and she agreed.
agree to something
The government has finally agreed in principle (= agreed in general but not in detail) to the terms of the deal.
Do you think he'll agree to their proposal?
agree (that)…
She agreed (that) I could go early.
agree to do something
He reluctantly agreed to pay for the damage.
She agreed to let me go early.
Collocations
adverb
happily
readily
voluntarily
verb + agree
be unable to
fail to
preposition
to
phrases
agree to differ/disagree
(be) mutually agreed…
decide
4 intransitive, transitive to decide with somebody else to do something or to have something
agree on/upon something
Can we agree on a date?
The new plan was agreed upon between the two sides.
agree something
They met at the agreed time.
Can we agree a price?
agree to do something
We agreed to meet on Thursday.
agree what, where, etc…
We couldn't agree what to do.
as agreed
They left at ten, as agreed.
TOPICS Discussion and agreement A2
accept
5 ​transitive agree something to officially accept a plan, request, etc.
SYNONYM approve
The company agreed a deal worth $100 million.
Next year's budget has been agreed.
We arranged to meet a few days later and agree terms.
be the same
6 ​intransitive to be the same as something
SYNONYM tally
The figures do not agree.
agree with something
Your account of the accident does not agree with hers.
TOPICS Opinion and argument C2
OPPOSITE disagree
grammar
7 ​intransitive agree (with something) to match a word or phrase in number, gender or person
In ‘Tom likes jazz’, the singular verb ‘likes’ agrees with the subject ‘Tom’.
TOPICS Language B2
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Old French agreer, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + gratus ‘pleasing’.