agree

/əˈɡriː/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈɡriː/

əˈɡriː

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

ə - ˈɡriː -> agree

Myanmar meaning

(v) သဘောတူသည်။ ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ လိုက်လျော သည်။ လက်ခံသည်။ သဘောချင်း ကြိုက်ညီသည်။ သဘောတူ ဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ (grammar) ကိန်း၊ လိင် စသည်အရ ပုဒ်အချင်းချင်း လိုက်ဖက်ညီညွတ်သည်။

Full entry

agree / ǝ'gri: / v

၁။ သဘောတူသည်။ ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ လိုက်လျော သည်။ I asked for a pay rise and she agreed. ❍ Is he going to agree to our suggestion? ❍ He agreed to let me go/ agreed that I could go home early. Compare REFUSE v
၂။ (က) သဘောတူသည်။ လက်ခံသည်။ When he said that, I had to agree. ❍ "I'm sorry, I don't agree," he said. ❍ I agree with his analysis of the situation. ❍ Do you agree with me about the need for more schools? ❍ We agreed to start early. ❍ "That's certainly true," she agreed. (ခ) သဘောချင်း ကြိုက်ညီသည်။ သဘောတူသည်။ သဘောတူ ဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ Can we agree a price? ❍ They met at the agreed time.
၃။ (esp Brit ) သဘောတူသည်။ အတည်ပြုသည်။ Next year's budget has been agreed.
၄။ ကိုက်သည်။ ကိုက်ညီသည်။ The two accounts do not agree. ❍ Your account of the affair does not agree with hers. Compare DISAGREE
၅။ (grammar ) ကိန်း၊ လိင် စသည်အရ ပုဒ်အချင်းချင်း လိုက်ဖက်ညီညွတ်သည်။ a verb that agrees with its subject.
❏ agree to differ [IDM ] ရှေ့ဆက် အငြင်းမပွားရန် သဘောထားချင်း မတိုက်ဆိုင်မှုကို အတည်ပြုသည်။ We must just agree to differ on this.
❏ agree with sb [PHRV ] တည့်သည်။ The humid climate didn't agree with him. ❍ I like mushrooms but unfortunately they don't agree with me.
❏ be agreed (on/ about sth); be agreed (that…) [IDM ] သဘောတူသည်။ ဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ Are we all agreed on the best course of action? ❍ It was agreed that another meeting was necessary.
❏ couldn't agree (with sb) more [IDM ] သွေးထွက်အောင် မှန်လိုက်တာ။ 'The plan's bound to fail. ' 'I couldn't agree more!'

More examples

Doreen thought that the house was too small, and Jim agreed.
[agree with] : I agree with my mother about most things.
I entirely agree with the comments you made about public transport.
[agree (that)] : We all agree that we should celebrate this event.
[it is agreed (that)] : It is generally agreed that we should eat less fat and more vegetables.
[agree on/about] : The committee members all agree on the need for more information.
I asked her to marry me, and she agreed.
[agree to do something] : The school agreed to send the students on the course.
[agree to] : We have agreed to their request for a full investigation.
Yesterday management and unions agreed a pay deal.
[agree on/upon] : We need to agree on a date for our next meeting.
The statements given by the two witnesses did not agree.
[agree with] : The observations agree with the predictions we made earlier.

Synonyms

have the same opinion, concur, be in agreement, see eye to eye, be of the same mind, be of the same opinion, accede, accord, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, answer, approve, assent, attune, be consistent with, be in harmony, be the same, blend, bury the hatchet, buy into, check, click, clinch the deal, cohere, coincide, come to an agreement, come to an understanding, come to terms, complete, comply, concede, concert, concord, conform, consent, consort, correspond, cut a deal, decide, engage, equal, fall in with, fit, get along with, give blessing, give carte blanche, give green light, give the go-ahead, go along with, go hand in hand, go together, go well with, grant, harmonize, jibe, make a deal, match, okay, parallel, pass on, permit, play ball, reach a decision, reach agreement, recognize, say yes, set, settle, shake on, side with, sign, square, subscribe, suit, supplement, synchronize, take one up on, tally, tie in, yes

Antonyms

challenge, clash, contend, contradict, decline, deny, differ, disagree, disapprove, dispute, dissent, diverge, divide, object, oppose, protest, question, refuse, reject, repudiate, resist, separate, summons to contest