agree

agree
agree [əˈgri:]
1. transitive verb
   a. ( = consent) accepter
• he agreed to do it il a accepté de le faire
   b. ( = admit) reconnaître
• I agree I was wrong je reconnais que je me suis trompé
   c. ( = come to an agreement) convenir (to do sth de faire qch ) ; [+ time, price] se mettre d'accord sur
• everyone agrees that we should stay tout le monde est d'accord pour dire que nous devons rester
• it was agreed c'était convenu
• to agree to differ accepter que chacun reste sur ses positions
• I agree that it's difficult je suis d'accord que c'est difficile
• the delivery was three days later than agreed la livraison a été effectuée trois jours après la date convenue
• unless otherwise agreed à défaut d'un accord contraire
2. intransitive verb
   a. ( = hold same opinion) être d'accord
• I (quite) agree je suis (tout à fait) d'accord
• I don't agree (at all) je ne suis pas (du tout) d'accord
   b. ( = come to terms) se mettre d'accord
• to agree about or on sth se mettre d'accord sur qch
• we haven't agreed about the price nous ne nous sommes pas mis d'accord sur le prix
• they agreed on how to do it ils se sont mis d'accord sur la manière de le faire
► to agree to
• to agree to a proposal accepter une proposition
• he won't agree to that il n'acceptera pas
• he agreed to the project il a donné son accord au projet► to agree with
• she agrees with me that it is unfair elle est d'accord avec moi pour dire que c'est injuste
• I can't agree with you there je ne suis absolument pas d'accord avec vous sur ce point
• I don't agree with children smoking je n'admets pas que les enfants fument subj
• the heat does not agree with her la chaleur l'incommode
• onions don't agree with me les oignons ne me réussissent pas
   c. [ideas, stories, assessments] concorder
   d. (Grammar) s'accorder (in en)
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[ə'griː] 1.
transitive verb (prét, pp agreed)
1) (concur) être d'accord (that sur le fait que)
2) (admit) convenir (that que)

I agree it sounds unlikely — ça a l'air peu probable, j'en conviens

it's dangerous, don't you agree? — c'est dangereux, tu ne crois pas?

3) (consent)

to agree to do — accepter de faire

4) (settle on, arrange) se mettre d'accord sur [date, price, candidate, solution]

to agree to do — convenir de faire

2.
intransitive verb (prét, pp agreed)
1) (hold same opinion) être d'accord (with avec; about, on sur; about doing pour faire)

‘I agree!’ — ‘je suis bien d'accord!’

I couldn't agree more! — je suis entièrement d'accord!

2) (reach mutual understanding) se mettre d'accord, tomber d'accord (about, on sur)
3) (consent) accepter

to agree to — consentir à [plan, suggestion, terms]

they won't agree to her going alone — ils ne consentiront pas à ce qu'elle y aille toute seule

4) (hold with, approve)

to agree with — approuver [belief, idea, practice]

5) (tally) [stories, statements, figures] concorder (with avec)
6) (suit)

to agree with somebody — [climate, weather] être bon pour quelqu'un; [food] réussir à quelqu'un

7) Linguistics s'accorder (with avec; in en)
3.
agreed past participle adjective [date, time, venue, amount, budget, rate, terms, signal] convenu

as agreed — comme convenu

to be agreed on — être d'accord sur [decision, statement, policy]

is that agreed? — c'est bien entendu?


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