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DISAGREE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does disagree mean?

• DISAGREE (verb)
The verb DISAGREE has 2 senses:

1. be of different opinions
2. be different from one another

Familiarity information: DISAGREE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISAGREE (verb)

Sense 1

disagree ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Be of different opinions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

disagree; take issue; differ; dissent

Context examples:

I beg to differ! / She disagrees with her husband on many questions

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disagree"):

dissent (withhold assent)

clash (disagree violently)

contradict; contravene; negate (deny the truth of)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something

Antonym:

agree (be in accord; be in agreement)

Sense 2

disagree ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Be different from one another

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

disaccord; discord; disagree

Hypernyms (to "disagree" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

agree (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

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