agreement
noun
Simple meaning
A shared decision that two or more people accept.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
əɡˈɹimənt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
countable
An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
uncountable
A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
uncountablelaw
A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
Used this way, agreement is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use agreement
- “They had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
Conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction.
Contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions.
A contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise.
Contract between employer and employee.
An agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set…
Agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Be in accord.
More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin
Synonyms
Sense: understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct
Antonyms
Sense: understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct
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