English Dictionary

agreement

/əˈɡɹiːmənt/

noun

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. / (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

They reached an agreement on the terms of the contract.

意味（1）

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

Coordinate term: conspiracy

意味（2）

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

The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.

意味（3）

(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

意味（4）

(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) 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.

Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agreeʼ with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number features of I must match those of the Subject.

意味（5）

(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.

Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave ….