Meaning of agreement in English

agreement

noun

/əˈɡriː.mənt/ us

/əˈɡriː.mənt/

agreement noun (SAME OPINION)

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B2 [ U ]

the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or accept something:

in agreement Are we all in agreement?

in agreement with The whole family was in agreement with her on what they should do.

reach agreement If the three parties cannot reach agreement now, there will be a civil war.

agreement to I don't think you'll ever get Tony's agreement to these proposals.

[ + that ] There's widespread agreement that the law should be changed.

Synonyms

acquiescence formal
approval (PERMISSION)
assent  formal
say-so (PERMISSION) informal

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to have the same opinion as someone else

agreeWe agree on most things.
be in agreementThe whole family is in agreement with her.
concur I completely concur with everything that's been said so far.
be of the same mindWe are of the same mind when it comes to prison reform.
see eye to eyeWe will never see eye to eye on this matter.

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the state of agreeing with someone or something

agreementThere's widespread agreement that something must be done.
acceptanceHis views never gained acceptance among the broader community.
concordanceThe study shows strong concordance between patient health and patient happiness.
assentThe bill received royal assent.
consentI give my consent to the marriage.
sanctionShe gave official state sanction to the drilling company for their proposed pipeline.

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B2 [ C ]

a decision or arrangement, often formal and written, between two or more groups or people:

The dispute was settled by an agreement that satisfied both sides.

enter into an agreement The government has entered into an international arms control agreement.

sign an agreement The company has signed an exclusive shipping agreement.

They have broken the terms of the agreement on human rights.

reach an agreement Finally the two sides have reached an agreement.

Synonyms

accord 
compact  (AGREEMENT) formal
concordat specialized
covenant  specialized
pact
treaty

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a decision or arrangement between groups or people

agreementDo we have an agreement?
understandingWe had an understanding that the businesses would merge, but never got that in writing.
gentleman's agreementHe and his builder have a gentleman's agreement that if there are spare materials left after working on the flat, the builder can take them home.
dealDo we have a deal?
contractThe basketball player was signed to a multimillion-dollar contract with a new team this week.
accordThe leaders of the four countries signed a peace accord.

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The two countries signed an agreement to reduce their nuclear armouries.
A murmur of agreement came from the crowd.
The agreement was reached after a series of difficult negotiations.
Russia has just drawn up a trade agreement with Norway.
No agreement has yet been reached and the negotiations are still ongoing.

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Accepting & agreeing

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agreement noun (GRAMMAR)

[ U ] language specialized

the situation in which two words have the same grammatical form. For example, the words are both singular or plural, masculine or feminine, etc.

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(Definition of agreement from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

agreement | American Dictionary

agreement

noun [ C/U ]

/əˈɡri·mənt/

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the condition of having the same opinion, or a decision or arrangement between two or more people or groups to do something or to obey the same rules:

[ C ] a new trade agreement

[ U ] Both sides were in agreement on the basic terms, but many details still had to be worked out.

[ C ] Leaders of both countries signed an agreement to exchange diplomats.

[ U ] Let us help you to reach agreement.

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agreement | Business English

agreement

noun

/əˈɡriːmənt/ us

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[ C ]

a decision or arrangement that has been made and accepted by two or more people, groups, organizations, etc.:

agreement between sb and sb Based on the rental agreement between the landlord and the tenant, either party must give 30 days notice to terminate the agreement.

agreement with sb The group has licensing agreements with 170 retail customers in the US.

an agreement on sth Negotiations will continue for an ambitious agreement on trade and other matters.

arrive at/come to/reach an agreement Despite recent discussions between the two companies, they failed to reach an agreement on the terms of a possible merger.

enter into/sign an agreement Developers have signed an agreement with the commission and the EPA to use the land for commercial and residential property.

a formal/legal/binding agreement

a verbal/written/unwritten agreement

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arrangement
contract
deal noun
deed

[ U ]

the act of approving or accepting something, or the fact of having the same opinion about something:

be in agreement with sb/sth Most of the county's lawmakers are in agreement with administration officials on the proposal.

complete/total/widespread agreement There is widespread agreement that changes need to be made, but there is disagreement about how it should be conducted.

be in agreement that All area superintendents are in agreement that both constitutional reform and tax reform are necessary now.

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Examples of agreement

agreement

Subsequently, bilateral and tripartite agreements between these states with regard to number of irrigation projects were also reached during the years 1978-79.

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Fear of future defection and exploitation, then, inhibits agreements in the present.

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Thus, the multilateral process triggers the regionalization of the negotiation process and hence is complementary to the formation of preferential trading agreements.

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Results suggest that international monetary agreements are in fact more durable when parallel agreements are present.

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All our efforts have been in line with your thinking on productivity agreements to promote flexibility and interchangeability.

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Enforceable wage agreements had long since replaced mutual trust, especially in long-distance navigation, perhaps because the employment relationship could be virtually modern in its anonymity.

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Conventions are at least in theory express agreements, voluntarily entered into between the heads of (or other representatives of) states.

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The specific constitutional and statutory reforms that the agreements required, however, were to be made by the state and federal congresses respectively.

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Contracts and agreements overlap but do not coincide; for example, unilateral contracts and deeds made by one person are not agreements in any normal sense.

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In any event, an interconditional account can explain how the making of agreements promotes the purpose.

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Despite the failure to achieve lasting agreements, both processes involved an increase in private sector involvement in peace negotiations.

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Moreover, there was no time for complicated international agreements and large-scale resettlement plans.

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At the moment, role extension schemes are operated under strict delegation agreements where the consultant retains overall responsibility.

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Because of this ratification constraint, veto players influence international trade agreements.

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Countries are much less likely to sign trade agreements as the number of veto players increases.

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Collocations with agreement

agreement

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absence of agreement

In that position they require a singular mass or plural noun, and, hence, show the same absence of agreement as the quantifying wat.

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arbitration agreement

We do not also seem to accept in terms the proposition that enforcement elsewhere might be contrary to the terms of the arbitration agreement.

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armistice agreement

We have repeatedly called on the warring parties to observe the 2002 armistice agreement and to respect human rights.

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Meaning of agreement in English

agreement noun (SAME OPINION)

agreement noun (GRAMMAR)

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agreement | Business English

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