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agree·ment (ə grē′mənt)

noun

  1. the act or fact of agreeing, or of being in harmony or accord
  2. an understanding or arrangement between two or more people, countries, etc.
  3. a contract
  4. Gram. correspondence, as between subject and verb, in number, person, etc.

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agreement

n.

  1. The act of agreeing

    understanding, complying, compromise, assenting, accession, ratifying, authorizing, granting, adjustment, concession, arbitration, mediation, negotiation, bargaining, arrangement, acknowledging, verifying, approving, acceding, endorsing, finding a middle course, find a middle ground, finding common ground, ironing out the difficulties, supporting, concurring, dealing.

    Antonyms disagreeing*, disrupting, disputing.

  2. The state of being in accord

    conformity, friendship, accord, accordance, accommodation, congruity, concordance, correspondence, harmony, consensus, concord, unison, concert, common view, understanding, meeting of minds, amity, sympathy, brotherhood, reconciliation, affiliation, détente, entente, alliance, intimacy, fellowship, companionship, goodwill, cooperation, satisfaction, concurrence, compliance, fraternity, brotherliness, affinity, rapport, closeness, balance, congruousness, equality, kinship, comity, peace, love, unity, uniformity, union, unanimity, acclimation, conjunction, adjustment, equalization, consonance, tie.

    Antonyms disagreement*, enmity*, disunity. *

  3. An expression of agreement, sense 1

    recognition, assent, approval, concurrence, avowal, confirmation, acknowledgment, adjustment, okay*, reconciliation*, compromise*, treaty*, pact*, contract*, indenture*, bargain*, compact*, accord*, adjudication*, covenant*, cartel*, arrangement*, gentleman's agreement, note*, writ*, oath*, affidavit*, settlement*, stipulation*, bond*, charter*, protocol*, convention*, codicil*, lease*, transaction*, interchange*, exchange*, meeting of minds*, deal.


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agreement Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • bind: Use of or access to the Civil Engineering Directory shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to be bound by this Agreement.

Converse of object

  • reach: Both, he says, were content to reach agreement on the basis of what they knew.

Adjective modifier

  • collective: Port workers ' terms of employment were determined in a collective agreement.

Preposition: with

  • landowner: The Council has acquired a lease on 265 hectares of land and has access agreements with other landowners on the mountain.

Noun used with modifier

  • tenancy: Under English law most homes are owned under joint tenancy agreements, which means the property is owned by both partners.
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agreement quotes

We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.

-Bible (Old Testament)

Medical men all over the world having merely entered into a tacit agreement to call all sorts of maladies people are liable to, in cold weather, by one name; so that one sort of treatment may serve for all, and their practice thereby be greatly simplified.

-Carlyle,Jane Baillie ne¤  e Jane Baillie Welsh

This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper that bears his name upon it as well as mine: 'We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German naval agreement, as symbolic of the desire of our two people never to go to war with one another again.'

-Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville

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