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AGREEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compatibility of observations
Example:
the results of two tests were in correspondence
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("agreement" is a kind of...):
compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreement"):
conformance; conformity (correspondence in form or appearance)
Derivation:
agree (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The thing arranged or agreed to
Example:
they made arrangements to meet in Chicago
Synonyms:
agreement; arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("agreement" is a kind of...):
planning; preparation; provision (the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreement"):
collusion (secret agreement)
prearrangement (something arranged in advance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
Example:
there was an understanding between management and the workers
Synonyms:
agreement; understanding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("agreement" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Meronyms (parts of "agreement"):
condition; strings; term ((usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreement"):
suicide pact (an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time)
severance agreement (an agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave)
settlement (a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it)
reservation (the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance)
oral contract (an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation)
entente; entente cordiale (a friendly understanding between political powers)
submission (an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter)
written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)
gentlemen's agreement (a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding)
working agreement (an informal agreement to work together)
bargain; deal (an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each)
sale; sales agreement (an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer))
unilateral contract (a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise))
covenant ((Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return)
fair-trade agreement (an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer)
confederacy; conspiracy (a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act)
Derivation:
agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The verbal act of agreeing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("agreement" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreement"):
concession (a point conceded or yielded)
endorsement; indorsement; second; secondment (a speech seconding a motion)
concord; concordance; harmony (agreement of opinions)
confirmation; ratification (making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it)
subscription (agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name)
accession; assenting (agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly))
collusion; connivance (agreement on a secret plot)
accord; accordance; conformity (concurrence of opinion)
concurrence; concurrency (agreement of results or opinions)
acquiescence; assent (agreement with a statement or proposal to do something)
Antonym:
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
Derivation:
agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)
agree (be in accord; be in agreement)
agree (achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
Synonyms:
agreement; concord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("agreement" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreement"):
number agreement (agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify))
person agreement (agreement in person between pronouns and verbs)
case agreement (agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction)
gender agreement (agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction)
Derivation:
agree (show grammatical agreement)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
Example:
the two parties were in agreement
Synonyms:
accord; agreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("agreement" is a kind of...):
concord; concordance; harmony (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agreement"):
community; community of interests (agreement as to goals)
concurrence; meeting of minds (a state of cooperation)
consensus (agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole)
sense of the meeting (general agreement reached by an assembled group)
unanimity (everyone being of one mind)
unison (corresponding exactly)
social contract (an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection)
Antonym:
disagreement (a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters)
Derivation:
agree (achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose)
Context examples:
In consequence of an agreement between the sisters, Elizabeth wrote the next morning to their mother, to beg that the carriage might be sent for them in the course of the day.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Agreement as the result of multiple results or opinions.
(Consensus, NCI Thesaurus)
A binding agreement between two or more persons or legal entities that is enforceable by law.
(Contract, NCI Thesaurus)
In cancer care, an NP may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.
(NP, NCI Dictionary)
Referring to anything in which both parties have reciprocal rights, understanding or agreement.
(Mutual, NCI Thesaurus)
There is some agreement that the deposits are antigen-antibody complexes.
(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
In cancer care, a nurse practitioner may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.
(Nurse practitioner, NCI Dictionary)
NPs can function independently of physician intervention, but require a practice agreement with a physician.
(Nurse practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)
My agreement was that James was to be brought up as their nephew, and that he should know nothing of his unhappy parents.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires where a respondent is asked to evaluate an opinion according to subjective or objective criteria, by rating their level of agreement or disagreement with a statement.
(Likert Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
