disagree

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/dɪsəˈɡɹiː/
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/dɪsəˈɡɹiː/ · /dɪsəˈɡɹi/

Definition of disagree

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
    “John disagreed with Mary frequently.”
    “Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree.”
    “Not only did I oppose President George H.W. Bush on his China policy, I strenuously disagreed with Democratic President Bill Clinton on his trade and human rights policies toward China and Tibet as well. This was difficult because I otherwise greatly supported and admired his leadership.”
    “You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfriend disagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.”
    “If her manner of opposing the debate was deemed objectionable (she scoffed a little, saying that the lack of female parity in society was more of an issue), there were ways for people to disagree without resorting to lurid terrorisations.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
    “John disagreed with Mary frequently.”
    “Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree.”
    “Not only did I oppose President George H.W. Bush on his China policy, I strenuously disagreed with Democratic President Bill Clinton on his trade and human rights policies toward China and Tibet as well. This was difficult because I otherwise greatly supported and admired his leadership.”
    “You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfriend disagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.”
    “If her manner of opposing the debate was deemed objectionable (she scoffed a little, saying that the lack of female parity in society was more of an issue), there were ways for people to disagree without resorting to lurid terrorisations.”
  2. (intransitive)To fail to conform or correspond with.
    “My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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.

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