Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable)An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

    to enter an agreement

    The UK and US negotiators were nearing agreement.

    Vereinbarung, Zustimmung

    согла́сиеsoglásije, догово́рdogovór, до́говорdógovor

    уго́даuhóda, до́говірdóhovir, домо́вленістьdomóvlenistʹ

  2. (uncountable)A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

    The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.

    Einigkeit, Einvernehmen, Übereinstimmung

    согла́сиеsoglásije

    зго́даzhóda

  3. (uncountable)A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

    Vertrag, Kongruenz

    соглаше́ниеsoglašénije, догово́рdogovór, до́говорdógovor

    уго́даuhóda, до́говір m умо́ваdóhovir, узго́дженняuzhódžennja

  4. (uncountable)Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

  5. (countable, in the plural, obsolete, uncountable)An agreeable quality.

More definitions
  • compatibility of observations
  • the thing arranged or agreed to
  • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
  • the verbal act of agreeing

Examples

406 sentences

  1. Tom and I had an agreement.

    У нас із Томом є домовленність. — deniko

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  2. It's you who has broken our agreement.

    Це ти порушив нашу угоду. — aandrusiak

    deDu warst es, der unser Abkommen gebrochen hat. — xtofu80

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  3. Tom read the license agreement.

    Том прочитав ліцензійну угоду. — miketheknight

    ruТом прочитал лицензионное соглашение. — odexed

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  4. Tom and Mary reached an agreement.

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  5. I thought we had an agreement.

    deIch dachte, wir hätten eine Abmachung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
understanding to follow a course of conduct:
state whereby several parties share a view:
legally binding contract:
grammatical agreement:
Русский
By meaning 2
understanding to follow a course of conduct:
grammatical agreement:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
understanding to follow a course of conduct:
state whereby several parties share a view:
legally binding contract:
grammatical agreement:

Origin

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of a

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.

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Forms

plural: agreements
Singularagreement
Pluralagreements

regular

Synonyms

33 synonyms
A legally binding contract:settlementB1
conventionB2treatyB2concurrenceC2harmonyA2complianceC1concertA1sympathyB1conformityC1uniformityC1unisonC1concordancecovenantmeeting of the mindspact
An understanding to follow a course of conduct:concord
A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion:congeniality
most senses:agreeance
An agreeable quality:amenitypleasantnessniceness
Close in meaning
  • compatibility of observations:correspondence
  • the thing arranged or agreed to:arrangement
  • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises:understanding
  • the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations:concord
  • harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters:accord

Antonyms

5 antonyms
conflictB1disagreementB1discorddiscordancedissensionC2

Word family

42 related words
RelatedapprovalB1consentB2consensusB2agreeA1agreeableC1agreeanceagreedpact
DeriveddisagreementB1antiagreementcollective agreementcollective-bargaining agreementconditional agreementcontractual agreementdefinitive agreementexecutive agreementfinancial agreementframework agreementgentleman's agreementin agreementinteragreementknock-for-knock agreementlegal agreementletter agreementmidnuptial agreementmisagreementmonstrous agreementnonagreementnon-disclosure agreementportmanteau agreementpostnuptial agreementprenuptial agreement

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • an an agreement
  • nodded in agreement
  • sign the agreement

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
agreeableC1agreedagriculturalB1agricultureB1aground
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