disagree
To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or beliefTo fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
John disagreed with Mary frequently.
Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree.
anderer Meinung sein, widersprechen
не соглаша́тьсяne soglašátʹsja
(intransitive)To fail to conform or correspond with.
My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.
widersprechen
расходи́тьсяrasxodítʹsja
- be of different opinions
- be different from one another
Examples
416 sentencesI don't disagree with your decision.
Я не сперечаюся з твоїм рішенням. — deniko
ruЯ не спорю с твоим решением. — corvard
deIch widerspreche deiner Entscheidung nicht. — novaq
Is there anyone here who disagrees?
Хтось із присутніх тут не згоден? — deniko
ruКто-нибудь здесь не согласен? — Ooneykcall
I think that Tom would disagree.
Гадаю, Том не погодився би. — deniko
I disagree with almost everything Tom just said.
Я не згоден майже з усім, що говорить Том. — deniko
Tom knows better than to disagree with Mary.
Том розуміє, що з Мері краще не сперечатися. — deniko
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagFrom Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.
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Forms
disagrees, disagreeing, disagreed, disagreedSynonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- C1Seminars and discussions — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
8 patterns- disagree with that
- would disagree with
- agree to disagree
- who disagrees with
- strongly disagree
- disagree with this
- to disagree with
- can't disagree
See also
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