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# agreement

«agreement» in Mova's school dictionary: **having the same opinion as someone else («We were in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (agreement, an agreement, agreements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Agreement is having the same opinion as someone else («We were in agreement»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#m1)

2) An agreement is a plan, promise or deal that two or more people or groups make together («a peace agreement»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#m2)

3) In grammar, agreement means words matching each other, like the subject and the verb («he runs», «they run»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and everyday life agreements help settle arguments: talk, listen and reach an agreement or compromise; classes make class agreements (class rules). In history countries make treaties and peace agreements. In English grammar, subject–verb agreement is a key rule. Phrases: «in agreement», «reach an agreement», «come to an agreement», «nod in agreement».

### examples

- We reached an agreement to take turns on the swing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x1)
- Everyone nodded in agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x2)
- Our class wrote a class agreement about how to behave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x3)
- The two countries signed a peace agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x4)
- The teacher and I are in agreement: I need more practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x5)
- Check subject–verb agreement: «The dogs bark», not «The dogs barks». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x6)
- After a long talk, they came to an agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x7)
- Both sides kept their agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x8)
- And they made this mutual agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/#x9)

### note

Uncountable for the state of agreeing, countable («an agreement») for a deal. From «agree» + «-ment». Opposite: «disagreement». In grammar, a singular subject needs a singular verb: «she plays», plural: «they play».

### In the corpora

- [Rules and laws are shared agreements so everyone can live together safely.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/7/)
- [Rules and laws are shared agreements; people follow them even when they dislike them, and change bad ones through proper ways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/17/)
- [Rights are things every person should have just for being human; children have special rights under a United Nations agreement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/19/)
- [Those gases were banned by a world agreement in 1987, and the ozone hole has been reported to be slowly healing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/14/)
- ["Constructive talks" often means talks that reached no agreement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agreement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.