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Agree vs. Concur

Agree and Concur Definitions

Agree

To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord
I agree with you on that. We agree in our taste in music.

Concur

To be of the same opinion; agree
Concurred on the issue of preventing crime.

Agree

To express consent; concur
We agreed to her suggestion.

Concur

To combine in bringing something about; act together
Factors that concurred to prevent a meeting of the leaders.

Agree

To accept or support a policy or program
I agree with the flat tax.

Concur

To occur at the same time; coincide
Icy sleet that concurred with a forceful wind.
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Agree

To come to an understanding or agreement, as by negotiating
We agreed on the price.

Concur

(Obsolete) To converge; meet.

Agree

To be compatible or consistent
The copy agrees with the original. Your story agrees with mine.

Concur

To grant or concede
"French surgeons ... could only concur that it was a mortal wound" (Susan Dunn).

Agree

To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful
Spicy food does not agree with me.

Concur

To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
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Agree

(Grammar) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

Concur

To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
Concurring plans
Concurring lines of thought

Agree

To share an opinion about (something)
My doctor and I agree that I should quit smoking.

Concur

(obsolete) To run together; to meet.

Agree

To grant or concede
My parents agreed that we should be allowed to go. I agreed to help my parents clean the house.

Concur

(rare) To converge.
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Agree

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
All parties agree in the expediency of the law.
I mostly agree with what you said, but I consider your last point to be unfair.
I couldn't agree more with what you say.

Concur

To run together; to meet.
Anon they fierce encountering both concurredWith grisly looks and faces like their fates.

Agree

To give assent; to accede
To agree to an offer, or to opinion.
The workers didn not agree to the new terms offered by the trade union.

Concur

To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect.
When outward causes concur.

Agree

To yield assent to; to approve.

Concur

To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.
Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion.
Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker.
This concurs directly with the letter.

Agree

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

Concur

To assent; to consent.

Agree

(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
The picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

Concur

Be in accord; be in agreement;
We agreed on the terms of the settlement
I can't agree with you!
I hold with those who say life is sacred
Both philosophers concord on this point

Agree

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
The same food does not agree with every constitution.

Concur

Happen simultaneously;
The two events coincided

Agree

To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
In Romanian, all articles, adjectives, and pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to.

Agree

To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Agree

To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
If music and sweet poetry agree.
Their witness agreed not together.
The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.

Agree

To yield assent; to accede; - followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

Agree

To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
Agree with thine adversary quickly.
Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?

Agree

To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

Agree

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

Agree

To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

Agree

To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.

Agree

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.

Agree

Be in accord; be in agreement;
We agreed on the terms of the settlement
I can't agree with you!
I hold with those who say life is sacred
Both philosophers concord on this point

Agree

Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;
She agreed to all my conditions
He agreed to leave her alone

Agree

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;
The two stories don't agree in many details
The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun

Agree

Go together;
The colors don't harmonize
Their ideas concorded

Agree

Show grammatical agreement;
Subjects and verbs must always agree in English

Agree

Be agreeable or suitable;
White wine doesn't agree with me

Agree

Achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose;
No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman

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