/əˈɡriːmənt/
Translation
A promise between people or groups about what each side will do; also having the same opinion.
Word origin
From Old French agrement, from agreer (to please), from Latin ad plus gratum (pleasing).
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- agreer
- English cognates
- agree, grateful
Examples
signed .
You make, reach, or sign an agreement.
.
Reach an agreement means stop arguing and decide together.
nodded .
In agreement means having the same opinion.
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Grammar articles
(8)Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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