agreement

CEFRB1

/əˈɡɹiːmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A shared decision, opinion, or arrangement between people or groups.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

Examples

  • The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth.

  • There is very little probability of an agreement being reached.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

  2. An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

  3. Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

More examples

In context

  • We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed.

  • The UK and US negotiators were nearing agreement.

  • He nodded his agreement.

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After long negotiations, the two countries finally signed a trade blank.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.