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English noun: agreement

1. agreement (communication) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises


SamplesThey had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business.
There was an understanding between management and the workers.


Synonymsunderstanding


Broader (hypernym)statement


Narrower (hyponym)bargain, confederacy, conspiracy, covenant, deal, entente, entente cordiale, fair-trade agreement, gentlemen's agreement, oral contract, reservation, sale, sales agreement, settlement, severance agreement, submission, suicide pact, unilateral contract, working agreement, written agreement


Part holonymcondition, term

2. agreement (attribute) compatibility of observations


SamplesThere was no agreement between theory and measurement.
The results of two tests were in correspondence.


Synonymscorrespondence


Broader (hypernym)compatibility


Narrower (hyponym)conformance, conformity

3. agreement (state) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters


SamplesThe two parties were in agreement.


Synonymsaccord


Broader (hypernym)concord, concordance, harmony


Narrower (hyponym)community, community of interests, concurrence, consensus, meeting of minds, sense of the meeting, social contract, unanimity, unison


Antonymsdisagreement, dissonance, dissension

4. agreement (cognition) the thing arranged or agreed to


SamplesThey made arrangements to meet in Chicago.


Synonymsarrangement


Broader (hypernym)planning, preparation, provision


Narrower (hyponym)collusion, prearrangement

5. agreement the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations


Synonymsconcord


Broader (hypernym)grammatical relation


Narrower (hyponym)case agreement, gender agreement, number agreement, person agreement

6. agreement (communication) the verbal act of agreeing


Broader (hypernym)speech act


Narrower (hyponym)accession, accord, accordance, acquiescence, assent, assenting, collusion, concession, concord, concordance, concurrence, concurrency, confirmation, conformity, connivance, endorsement, harmony, indorsement, ratification, second, secondment, subscription


Antonymsdisagreement









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