# agree

/əˈɡɹi/ (US) · /ɐɡɹˈiː/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/agree
Updated: 2026-05-02

## Senses

### 1. to have the same opinion

verb · CEFR A1

to have the same thought or opinion as another person.

For teachers: to share a common opinion or perspective with another party. Intransitive; typically takes the preposition 'with'.

- I agree with you that the movie was much too long.
- While most critics praised the performance, few could agree on whether the director's stylistic choices actually enhanced the narrative.

### 2. to say yes to a plan

verb · CEFR A2

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

For teachers: 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.

### 3. to reach a formal deal

verb · CEFR B2 · Formal

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

For teachers: 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.

### 4. to be healthy for you

verb · CEFR B2

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

For teachers: 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.

### 5. grammar matching

verb · CEFR B2 · Technical

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

For teachers: 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.

## Examples

- I agree with your idea for the party.
- The two companies finally managed to agree on the terms of the new contract after weeks of negotiation.
- While most historians agree that the treaty was flawed, they differ on whether it was the primary cause of the subsequent economic collapse.

## Pitfalls

- Not "I am agree with you" but "I agree with you" — Learners often treat 'agree' as an adjective because of their native language, but it is a verb and does not need 'am' or 'is'.

## Usage notes

- The verb is intransitive when expressing shared opinion; it takes the preposition 'with' for people and 'on' or 'about' for subjects.

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