9 → see also agreed USAGE agree
Don’t say that you ‘agree’ something, or that you ‘
agree|able /əgriː əb ə l/
1 ADJ If something is agreeable , it is pleasant and you enjoy it. □ …workers in more agreeable and better paid occupations.
2 ADJ If someone is agreeable , they are pleasant and try to please people. □ …lunch with an agreeable friend.
3 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are agreeable to something or if it is agreeable to you, you are willing to do it or to allow it to happen. [FORMAL ] □ If you are agreeable, my PA will make all the necessary arrangements. □ [+ to ] …a solution that would be agreeable to all.
agreed /əgriː d/
1 ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ that] If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it. □ [+ on ] Okay, so are we agreed on going north? □ Everyone is agreed that something needs to be done about the situation.
2 CONVENTION When you are discussing something, you can say ' Agreed? ' to check whether the other people agree with what you have just said. You can say ' Agreed ' if you agree with what someone has just said. [FORMAL , SPOKEN , FORMULAE ] □ 'That means we move out today. Agreed?'—'Agreed.'
3 → see also agree
agree|ment ◆◆◇ /əgriː mənt/ (agreements )
1 N‑COUNT [oft N to-inf] An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people. □ It looks as though a compromise agreement has now been reached. □ The two countries signed an agreement to jointly launch satellites.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Agreement on something is a joint decision that a particular course of action should be taken. □ [+ on ] The two men had not reached agreement on any issues.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Agreement with someone means having the same opinion as they have. □ The judge kept nodding in agreement. ● PHRASE If you are in agreement with someone, you have the same opinion as they have. □ [+ with ] Not all scholars are in agreement with her, however.
4 N‑UNCOUNT Agreement to a course of action means allowing it to happen or giving it your approval. □ The clinic doctor will then write to your GP to get his agreement. ● PHRASE If you are in agreement with a plan or proposal, you approve of it. □ [+ with ] The president was in full agreement with the proposal.
5 N‑UNCOUNT If there is agreement between two accounts of an event or two sets of figures, they are the same or are consistent with each other. □ [+ with ] Many other surveys have produced results essentially in agreement with these figures.
6 N‑UNCOUNT In grammar, agreement refers to the way that a word has a form appropriate to the number or gender of the noun or pronoun it relates to. COLLOCATIONS agreement NOUN 1
noun + agreement : free trade, loan, peace, tenancy; confidentiality, non-disclosure
adjective + agreement : binding, enforceable, unenforceable, voluntary; bilateral, formal, mutual; verbal, written
verb + agreement : negotiate; come to, reach; sign SYNONYMS agreement NOUN
1
treaty: …negotiations over a 1992 treaty on global warming.
arrangement: The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement.
deaclass="underline" Japan will have to do a deal with America on rice imports.
settlement: Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
4
assent: Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.
consent: At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search.
ag|ri|busi|ness /æ grib I zn I s/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Agribusiness is the various businesses that produce, sell, and distribute farm products, especially on a large scale. [BUSINESS ]
ag|ri|cul|tur|al ◆◇◇ /æ gr I kʌ ltʃərəl/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Agricultural means involving or relating to agriculture. □ …agricultural land. □ …corn and other agricultural products.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An agricultural place or society is one in which agriculture is important or highly developed. □ …traditional agricultural societies.
ag|ri|cul|tur|al|ist /æ gr I kʌ ltʃərəl I st/ (agriculturalists ) N‑COUNT An agriculturalist is someone who is an expert on agriculture and who advises farmers.
ag|ri|cul|ture ◆◇◇ /æ gr I kʌltʃə r / N‑UNCOUNT Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals. □ The Ukraine is strong both in industry and agriculture. SYNONYMS agriculture NOUN
farming: Modern intensive farming is subsidised by cheap oil.
husbandry: …soil-conserving methods of good husbandry.
PREFIX agro-
is used to form nouns and adjectives which refer to things relating to agriculture, or to agriculture combined with another activity. For example, agronomics is the branch of economics that studies how land is used in farming.