American Dictionary
Definition agree in American English
agree
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
When you want to say that you approve of something or think it is the right thing to do, use the pattern “agree with something” (not “agree something”):
✗ Most Hong Kong women do not agree abortion.
✓ Most Hong Kong women do not agree with abortion.
✗ I do not agree this policy.
✓ I do not agree with this policy.
You can also use the pattern agree with doing something:
✗ As a non-smoker, I agree banning smoking in restaurants.
✓ As a non-smoker, I agree with banning smoking in restaurants.
Don’t use the pattern “agree to something” when you want to express this meaning:
✗ I agree to this opinion to some extent.
✓ I agree with this opinion to some extent.
✗ I agree to construct a second railway link to the mainland.
✓ I agree with constructing a second railway link to the mainland.
To agree to something or agree to do something means that you will do something that someone wants you to do:
Both sides agreed to some modifications in the proposals.
In the end I agreed to do the job.
Agree is not used with a direct object. Agree on/upon is used instead. In this use, it means “to decide something together” and it is mainly used when talking about official decision-making bodies and organizations.
Yesterday the management and unions agreed on a pay deal.
Leaders of Congress met to agree upon a strategy for tackling climate change.
The preposition
Ways of expressing agreement
used when agreeing with someone
used for saying that you completely agree with someone
a more informal way of saying that you completely agree with someone
used when agreeing with a suggestion someone has made
used when you agree that someone is right, but you are not happy with the situation
Examples:
“It’s supposed to be a very good school.” “That’s right. The test scores are really high.” ♦ “He’s really boring, isn’t he?” “Oh, I know, he never stops talking about himself.”
“When we were young, people didn’t get into debt.” “Exactly. You just bought what you could afford.” ♦ “I think Jacob is the best person for the job.” “Absolutely. I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t get it.”
“It’s so cold outside!” “You can say that again!” ♦ “The buses are so unreliable!” “You’re telling me! I’ve been waiting here for half an hour.”
“Let’s go to the cinema tonight.” “Why not? We haven’t been for ages.”
“We’ll have to get some new tires.” “I suppose so/I guess so. But it will be expensive.”
➡ disagree
to have the same opinion as someone else
I entirely agree with the comments you made about public transportation.
The committee members all agree on the need for more information.
We have agreed to their request for a full investigation.
if two pieces of information agree, they are the same or suggest the same thing
The statements given by the two witnesses did not agree.
The observations agree with the predictions we made earlier.
