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agreement
[uh-gree-muhnt]
noun
the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
the state of being in accord.
an arrangement that is accepted by all parties to a transaction.
Synonyms: , ,a contract or other document delineating such an arrangement.
unanimity of opinion; harmony in feeling.
agreement among the members of the faculty.
Grammar.Ìýcorrespondence in number, case, gender, person, or some other formal category between syntactically connected words, especially between one or more subordinate words and the word or words upon which they depend; selection by one word of the matching formal subclass, or category, in another word syntactically construed with the first.
Law.Ìý
an expression of assent by two or more parties to the same object.
the phraseology, written or oral, of an exchange of promises.
Synonyms: , ,
agreement
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noun
the act of agreeing
a settlement, esp one that is legally enforceable; covenant; treaty
a contract or document containing such a settlement
the state of being of the same opinion; concord; harmony
the state of being similar or consistent; correspondence; conformity
Also called: concord.Ìýgrammar the determination of the inflectional form of one word by some grammatical feature, such as number or gender, of another word, esp one in the same sentence
agreement
A requirement for parts of a sentence in standard written English; the parts must agree, for example, in number and person. The subject and verb of a clause or simple sentence must agree in person, as in “He is a boy.†The subject, he, and the verb, is, are both in the third person. The subject and verb also must agree in number, as in “We are girls.†The subject, we, and the verb, are, are both plural. Nouns and pronouns must also agree in number, person, and gender as in “Every boy must mind his manners.†The noun boy and the pronoun his are both singular, both in the third person, and both masculine.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- interagreement noun
- nonagreement noun
- preagreement noun
- proagreement adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of agreement1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of agreement1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Within it was the deal US and UK officials have been putting together to flesh out a tariffs agreement struck last month.
According to documents filed for the plea agreement, Dr Plasencia injected Perry with ketamine at his home and in the parking lot of the Long Beach Aquarium.
Craig Harvey, commercial director for rail at British Steel added the agreement demonstrated the firm's "importance to the UK's economy and infrastructure".
Plasencia admitted in the agreement that he spoke to the actor by phone and continued to exchange texts with Perry about the request for ketamine, a legal medication commonly used as an anesthetic.
Sir Keir said the deal "implements on car tariffs and aerospace", and described the agreement as a "sign of strength" between Britain and America.
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When To Use
Agreement is the state or act of agreeing, meaning coming to a mutually approved arrangement. Agreement is also used to mean a deal in which all parties accept the conditions or a unity of opinion. Agreement has several other senses as a noun.Agreement is the noun form of the verb agree, which means to be in harmony of feeling or opinion. Agreement, then, means the act of agreeing or a condition in which all people are content with a situation or what they must do. The opposite of agreement is disagreement.
- Used in a sentence: I thought Jack’s plan was good and nodded my head in agreement with everything he said.
- Real-life examples: In a trade agreement between the United States and Canada, both countries must approve of what they sell to each other. You might come to an agreement with your friends to split the cost of a dinner. When renting a car, a customer will sign a rental agreement that outlines how much they will pay the lender if the car is damaged.
- Used in a sentence: The United Nations negotiated a peace agreement between the two warring countries.
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