agreement
- Noun:
- The act of agreeing: The verbal or written act of expressing consent, approval, or a shared opinion.
- A formal arrangement or contract: A document or understanding that details the terms agreed upon by two or more parties.
- Harmony or conformity: A state where opinions, actions, or characteristics are in accord.
- Compatibility or correspondence: A state where observations, measurements, or theories match or are consistent with each other.
- Grammatical concord: In linguistics, the formal matching of words according to grammatical features like number, gender, or case.
- Noun:
- The two companies signed a trade agreement.
- There is widespread agreement that climate change is a serious issue.
- The verb must be in agreement with the subject in number and person.
- The results of the experiment showed a high level of agreement with the predicted model.
"To be in agreement (with)": To share the same opinion or to be consistent with something.
- The committee is in agreement on the new policy.
- His account of the event was not in agreement with the video evidence.
"To come to/reach an agreement": To successfully conclude negotiations and establish a mutual understanding.
- After hours of discussion, they finally came to an agreement.
"By mutual agreement": Done with the consent of all parties involved.
- The contract was terminated by mutual agreement.
Agree (verb): To have the same opinion; to consent.
- I agree with your assessment.
Agreeable (adjective): Pleasant; willing to agree.
- She has an agreeable personality.
Disagreement (noun): A lack of consensus or approval; a difference of opinion.
- There was some disagreement over the final decision.
- Accord: A formal agreement or harmony.
- Concord: A state of agreement or harmony.
- Contract: A written or spoken formal agreement, typically legally binding.
- Consensus: General agreement among a group.
Agree to: To consent to a proposal, plan, or request.
- They agreed to the terms of the settlement.
Agree on/upon: To reach a consensus about a specific point or issue.
- The team needs to agree on a deadline.
Agree with: To share the same opinion as someone; to be suitable or consistent with something (e.g., food that does not upset one's stomach).
- I agree with your conclusion.
- Spicy food does not agree with me.
A gentleman's agreement: An informal, unwritten agreement based on trust rather than a legal contract.
- Their partnership was based on a gentleman's agreement.
In full agreement: Completely sharing the same opinion.
- The board members were in full agreement regarding the merger.
- the verbal act of agreeing
- the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
- the thing arranged or agreed to
- they made arrangements to meet in Chicago
- harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the two parties were in agreement
- compatibility of observations
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business
- there was an understanding between management and the workers