agree

A2 · Elementary

v. to say that you will do something or that you accept a suggestion.

v. to give assent or consent to a proposal, request, or course of action.

“The manager finally agreed to give the staff a small pay rise.”

“After several hours of intense negotiation, the board agreed to the merger on the condition that no jobs would be lost.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Law Formal

v. to make a formal decision or a contract with someone else.

v. to reach a formal arrangement or settlement through negotiation.

“The two companies agreed a price for the land last night.”

“The legal teams met privately to agree the final wording of the contract before the official signing ceremony.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to be good for your health or make you feel good, especially food.

v. to be consistent with one's health or physical well-being; used almost exclusively in the negative regarding food or climate.

“I love spicy food, but unfortunately, it doesn't always agree with me.”

“The damp coastal climate did not agree with him, prompting his eventual relocation to a much drier region.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Grammar Technical

v. to have the same grammatical form as another word in a sentence.

v. to correspond with another word in a sentence regarding grammatical categories such as gender, number, or person.

“In the sentence 'She walks', the verb must agree with the subject.”

“Learners often struggle with collective nouns, unsure whether the following verb should agree with the singular form or the plural concept.”