Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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“agreeing” is a form of

agree

UK /əˈɡɹiː/ · US /əˈɡɹi/ verb

Forms agrees agreeing agreed

  1. verb (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.”
  2. verb (intransitive, followed by "to") To give assent; to accede. “It was agreed to meet here at midday.”
  3. verb (transitive, UK, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve. “We agreed a bargain yesterday.”
  4. verb (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.
  5. verb (intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally. “The picture does not agree with the original.”
  6. verb (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well. “The same food does not agree with every constitution.”
  7. verb (intransitive, grammar) 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.”
  8. verb (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Synonyms

concur stipulate coincide correspond match resemble tie in comport approve set strike bargain check fit suit harmonize come around give way assent deal hold concord jibe gibe tally harmonise consort accord fit in

Antonyms

disagree clash jar

Etymology

From Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer (“to accept or receive kindly”), from a gré (“favorably”), from Latin ad (“to”) + gratum (“pleasing”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb In good part; kindly. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
  2. verb 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. Shak.
  3. verb To yield assent; to accede; --followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
  4. verb To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.] Spenser.

Etymology [F. à gré. See Agree.]

Etymology [F. agréer to accept or receive kindly, fr. à gré; à (L. ad) + gré good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grateful.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “agree”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “agree” (best matches first).

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