disagree

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪsəˈɡɹi/ UK /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/ See IPA manual

Freq #5183

Meanings

1

verb
To have a different opinion from someone else.

I disagree with you about who should pay the bill.
2

verb
To be different from or fail to match something.

My results disagree with the ones in the textbook.

Verb forms

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Multiword verbs with disagree

disagree with Prepositional verb A2

to hold a different opinion from someone or about something

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Synonyms

1 verb · to have a different opinion... dissent disputebeg to differ

2 verb · to be different from or... discord

Word family

Forms disagreeddisagreeingdisagrees

Derived forms disagreeable disagreeableness disagreeablydisagreeancedisagreementdisagreer

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Phrases (1)

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disagree with
to hold a different opinion from someone or about something

Verb + preposition/particle

Proverbs (1)

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You can disagree without being disagreeable

Simplified etymology

Disagree was formed as the opposite of agree, which comes through Old French agreer from Latin ad- ‘to’ and gratus ‘pleasing’. The word first appears in writing in the 1470s, about a century after the phrase ‘to agree’ was recorded in Chaucer.

Etymology

From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.

disagre Middle English disagreer xno desagreer Old French

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# disagree

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪsəˈɡɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/
**Frequency rank:** 5183

## Meanings
1. To have a different opinion from someone else.
2. To be different from or fail to match something.

## Examples
- I disagree with you about who should pay the bill.
- My results disagree with the ones in the textbook.

## Derived Forms
- disagreeable
- disagreeableness
- disagreeably
- disagreeance
- disagreement
- disagreer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disagre
- Root: disagreer
- Root: desagreer
- Affix: dis- - not

## Etymology
From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.

## AI Etymology
disagree comes from Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree. The historical chain includes Middle English disagre, xno disagreer, Old French desagreer. Current senses include to have a different opinion from someone else and to be different from or fail to match something. English relatives and later formations include disagreeable, disagreeableness, disagreeably.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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