Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To offer an opposing opinion humbly.

  2. (idiomatic)To differ (strongly) in interpretation or opinion.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. I beg to differ.

    Дозвольте не погодитися. — deniko

    ruПозвольте с вами не согласиться. — marafon

    deIch bin anderer Meinung. — Wolf

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  2. I would beg to differ.

    Я дозволю собі не погодитися. — deniko

    ruЯ бы позволил себе не согласиться. — marafon

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  3. I beg to differ with you on that point.

    ruПозвольте с вами в этом не согласиться. — odexed

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  4. I beg to differ with you.

    ruПозвольте с Вами не согласиться. — marafon

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  5. I beg to differ with your opinion on this project.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From beg (“to plead with someone for help”) + to + differ.

From beg (“to plead with someone for help”) + to + differ.

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Forms

begs to differ, begging to differ, begged to differ, begged to differ
Base formbeg to differ · to beg to differ
3rd person singularbegs to differ
Present participlebegging to differ
Past simplebegged to differ
Past participlebegged to differ

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeg to differ
he, she, itbegs to differ

Past simpleLesson

all personsbegged to differ

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave begged to differ
he, she, ithas begged to differ

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beg to differ

Synonyms

1 synonyms
disagreeA2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
befriendbefuddlebegA2begetbeggarbeginA1
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