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# disagreement

«disagreement» in Mova's school dictionary: **when people have different opinions about something** — 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 (disagreement, disagreements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A disagreement is when people have different opinions about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#m1)

2) A disagreement is a small argument or quarrel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#m2)

3) Disagreement means not matching: disagreement between two answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school and home, children learn that disagreements are normal and can be solved calmly: listen, take turns, explain your view, find a compromise or ask an adult to help; disagreeing politely is different from fighting. In science, scientists have disagreements and settle them with evidence and tests. In maths, if two methods give a disagreement in answers, check your working. Phrases: have a disagreement, in disagreement, a disagreement about/over, settle a disagreement.

### examples

- We had a disagreement about whose turn it was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x1)
- It's OK to have a disagreement if you stay polite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x2)
- The teacher helped us settle the disagreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x3)
- There was disagreement over which game to play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x4)
- Scientists use evidence to sort out disagreements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x5)
- My answer and the calculator's were in disagreement, so I checked again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x6)
- Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x7)

### note

Countable: disagreements. Built from dis- (not) + agree + -ment. Verb: disagree («disagree with someone about something»). Opposite: agreement.

### In the corpora

- [A parent sleeping on the sofa for a few nights may mean a disagreement, or something simple like snoring or a bad back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/12/)
- [Disagreements are normal, even between good friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/7/)
- [Hitting, kicking or grabbing never solves a disagreement fairly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/9/)
- [It is fair to ask not to be put in the middle of your parents' disagreement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/36/)
- [Disagreement does not have to end a friendship.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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