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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AGREE'MENT, n.
1. Concord; harmony; conformity.
What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? 2 Corinthians 6.
2. Union of opinions or sentiments; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
3. Resemblance; conformity; similitude.
Expansion and duration have this farther agreement.
4. Union of minds in regard to a transfer of interest; bargain; compact; contract; stipulation.
Make an agreement with me by a present. 2 Kings 18.
He made an agreement for the purchase of a house.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" [syn: agreement, understanding]
2: compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" [syn: agreement, correspondence]
3: harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" [syn: agreement, accord] [ant: disagreement, dissension, dissonance]
4: the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" [syn: agreement, arrangement]
5: the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations [syn: agreement, concord]
6: the verbal act of agreeing [ant: disagreement]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act or fact of agreeing b. harmony of opinion, action, or character ; concord 2. a. an arrangement as to a course of action b. compact, treaty 3. a. a contract duly executed and legally binding b. the language or instrument embodying such a contract

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act of agreeing; the holding of the same opinion (reached agreement). 2 mutual understanding. 3 an arrangement between parties as to a course of action etc. 4 Gram. having the same number, gender, case, or person. 5 a state of being harmonious. Etymology: ME f. OF (as AGREE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Agreement A*gree"ment, n. [Cf. F. agr['e]ment.] 1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? --2 Cor. vi. 16. Expansion and duration have this further agreement. --Locke. 2. (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person. 3. (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. --Abbott. Brande & C. Syn: Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(agreements) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people. It looks as though a compromise agreement has now been reached... The two countries signed an agreement to jointly launch satellites. N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N prep 2. Agreement on something is a joint decision that a particular course of action should be taken. The two men had not reached agreement on any issues... ? disagreement N-UNCOUNT: oft N on n 3. Agreement with someone means having the same opinion as they have. The judge kept nodding in agreement... ? disagreement • If you are in agreement with someone, you have the same opinion as they have. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, v PHR, oft PHR with n 4. Agreement to a course of action means allowing it to happen or giving it your approval. The clinic doctor will then write to your GP to get his agreement. = consent • If you are in agreement with a plan or proposal, you approve of it. The president was in full agreement with the proposal. PHRASE: v-link PHR, usu PHR with n 5. If there is agreement between two accounts of an event or two sets of figures, they are the same or are consistent with each other. Many other surveys have produced results essentially in agreement with these figures. = concurrence 6. In grammar, agreement refers to the way that a word has a form appropriate to the number or gender of the noun or pronoun it relates to. = concord

Moby Thesaurus

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