# disagree

Pronunciation: say "dis-uh-GREE" US /dɪsəˈɡɹi/, UK /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/

## Verb

1. To fail to agree; to hold a different opinion or belief from another person.
   - Simple: To think differently from someone, or to not agree with what they say.
   - _Many economists disagree about the causes of the recession._
   - _She disagreed strongly with the committee's final decision._
2. To fail to conform or correspond with something else.
   - Simple: To not match or fit with something else.
   - _The lab results disagree with the earlier findings._
   - _Where the two maps disagreed, the surveyors went back to check._

## Origin

From Middle English disagre ("to refuse to assent to"), via Anglo-Norman and Old French words meaning "to refuse assent" or "to be disagreeable" (modern French désagréer, "to displease"). In English it can be read as dis- + agree.

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