agreement
Pluralagreements
- 1A deal between two or more people or groups about what each will do, sometimes a written legal contract.
Like a promise so serious that a judge can make you keep it.
They broke the agreement, so she took them to court.
Always read an agreement carefully before you sign it.
UsageYou make, sign or break an agreement with someone.
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- 2When people share the same opinion and do not disagree.
Like everyone nodding their heads to say yes.
The whole team was in agreement about the new plan.
There was finally agreement among the parents about the trip.
UsageSay in agreement with someone and agreement about something.
Similarconsensus, accord, harmony, unanimity
Oppositedisagreement, dissent, discord
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- 3In grammar, the way some words change form to match other words in a sentence.
Like teammates wearing the same color so you can tell they belong together.
Agreement is why we say 'he runs' instead of 'he run'.
Many languages have agreement between nouns and the words that describe them.
Similarconcord
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- 4The way two or more things, like numbers or results, match each other.
The two lists of names were in perfect agreement.
There was little agreement between the scale at home and the one at the doctor's office.
UsageThings are in agreement, or there is agreement between them.
Similarcorrespondence, consistency, concordance
Oppositediscrepancy, inconsistency
Less common meaning
- 5A pleasant or charming quality in someone or something.
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Origin
From Old French agrement, and made from the verb agree plus -ment.
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- Agreement derives from Old French agrement. en.wiktionary.org
- Agreement consists morphologically of the verb agree and the suffix -ment. en.wiktionary.org