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agreement
- /əˈɡɹiːmənt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.
noun agreements
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An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
to enter an agreement
Similar: concord
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A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.
Similar: congeniality
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A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
Similar: settlement
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Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agreeʼ with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number fe
Similar: concord, concordance, agreeance
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An agreeable quality.
Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].
Similar: amenity, pleasantness, niceness
Similar: convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty, concurrence, harmony, accord, accordance, consonance, agreement, compliance, concert, sympathy, conformance, conformity, congruence, congruency, congruity, keeping, uniformity, unison · Opposite: conflict, disagreement, discord, discordance, dissension
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: accord, arrangement, concord, correspondence, understanding, pact, compact, covenant, contract, bargain, compromise, protocol, negotiation, treaty, say-so, entente
noun
Similar: convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty, concurrence, harmony, accord, accordance, consonance, agreement, compliance, concert, sympathy, conformance, conformity, congruence, congruency, congruity, keeping, uniformity, unison · Opposite: conflict, disagreement, discord, discordance, dissension
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noun grammatical agreement
| 한국어 | 일치 ilchi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 一致 yīzhì |
| Kiswahili | maagano |
| Português | concordância |
| Français | accord |
| Deutsch | Kongruenz |
| Italiano | concordanza |
| Ελληνικά | συμφωνία symfonía |
| Română | acord |
| Русский | согласова́ние soglasovánije |
| Tiếng Việt | hợp |
| العربية | مُوَافَقَة muwāfaqa |
| עברית | הַסְכָּמָה haskama |
noun understanding to follow a course of conduct
| Español | convenio, tratado, concordato, concordata, venencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 협정 hyeopjeong, 합의 habui, 동의 dong'ui |
| 日本語 | 合意 gōi, 一致 itchi, 納得 nattoku, 賛成 sansei |
| 中文 | 協議 /协议 xiéyì, 同意 tóngyì, 答應 /答应 dāying, 協定 /协定 xiédìng |
| हिन्दी | सहमति sahamti, इक़रार iqrār, समझौता samjhautā |
| Kiswahili | mkataba |
| Português | consenso, acordo, pacto |
| Français | accord, entente, pacte |
| Deutsch | Vereinbarung, Zustimmung |
| Italiano | consenso, accordo |
| Ελληνικά | συμφωνία symfonía |
| Română | acord, consens, înțelegere |
| Русский | согла́сие soglásije, догово́р dogovór, до́говор dógovor, соглаше́ние soglašénije, договорённость dogovorjónnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đồng ý, hiệp định |
| العربية | اِتِّفَاق ittifāq, تَوَافُق tawāfuq, تَفَاهُم tafāhum |
| עברית | הֶסְכֵּם heském, הַסְכָּמָה haskamá |
noun state whereby several parties share a view
| 日本語 | 合意 gōi, 協定 kyōtei |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 一致 yīzhì, 贊同 /赞同 zàntóng |
| हिन्दी | समझौता samjhautā, अनुबंध anubandh |
| Kiswahili | maagano |
| Português | acordo |
| Français | accord |
| Deutsch | Einigkeit, Einvernehmen, Übereinstimmung, Einverständnis, Abkommen |
| Italiano | accordo, convenzione, patto |
| Ελληνικά | συμφωνία symfonía |
| Русский | согла́сие soglásije |
| العربية | إِقْرَار ʔiqrār |
| עברית | הַסְכָּמָה haskamá |
noun legally binding contract
| Español | convenio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 조약 joyak, 협정 hyeopjeong, 합의 habui |
| 日本語 | 合意 gōi |
| 中文 | 合同 hétong, 合約 /合约 héyuē |
| हिन्दी | अनुबंध anubandh, समझौता samjhautā, सन्धि sandhi |
| Kiswahili | maagano |
| Português | contrato |
| Français | contrat, accord, pacte |
| Deutsch | Vertrag |
| Italiano | contratto |
| Ελληνικά | συμφωνία symfonía, συμφωνητικό symfonitikó, συνθήκη synthíki |
| Română | contract |
| Русский | соглаше́ние soglašénije, догово́р dogovór, до́говор dógovor, договорённость dogovorjónnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hiệp định, hợp đồng |
| العربية | اِتِّفَاق ittifāq, اِتِّفَاقِيَّة ittifāqiyya, عَقْد ʕaqd, مُقَاوَلَة muqāwala, مُعَاهَدَة muʕāhada |
| עברית | הֶסְכֵּם heském |
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title = {agreement},
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