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   agreement

   /əˈɡriːm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling: "the governments failed to reach agreement" Similar accordconcurrenceconsensusharmonyaccordanceunityunisonconcordlike-mindednessrapportsympathyassentacceptanceconsentacquiescenceendorsementconfirmationcontractcompacttreatycovenantpactaccorddealbargainsettlementconcordatprotocolententearrangementunderstandingpledgepromisebondOpposite disagreement
   • ▪ a negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action: "a trade agreement"
   • ▪ the absence of incompatibility between two things; consistency: "agreement between experimental observations and theory" Similar correspondenceconsistencycompatibilityconformitycoincidenceharmonyconcordaccordaccordancecongruitysimilarityresemblancelikenessidentityuniformityrelationshipassociationsimilitudeOpposite discord
   • ▪ the condition of having the same number, gender, case, and/or person as another word.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from agreer ‘make agreeable to’ (see agree).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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