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dis·a·gree

(dĭs′ə-grē′)

intr.v. dis·a·greed, dis·a·gree·ing, dis·a·grees

a. To have a differing opinion: She disagrees with him on everything. They say it will rain, but I disagree.

b. To dispute or quarrel: When those two disagree, there is a lot of yelling.

2. To fail to correspond: Our figures disagree.

3. To cause adverse effects: Caffeine disagrees with me.

[Middle English disagreen, from Old French desagreer : des-, dis- + agreer, to agree; see agree.]

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disagree

(ˌdɪsəˈɡriː)

vb, -grees, -greeing or -greed

1. to dissent in opinion (from another person) or dispute (about an idea, fact, etc)

2. to fail to correspond; conflict

3. to be unacceptable (to) or unfavourable (for); be incompatible (with): curry disagrees with me.

4. to be opposed (to) in principle

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dis•a•gree

(ˌdɪs əˈgri)

v.i. -greed, -gree•ing.

1. to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts.

2. to differ in opinion; dissent: Three of the judges disagreed with the verdict.

3. to quarrel.

4. to cause physical discomfort or ill effect (usu. fol. by with): Oysters disagree with me.

[1425–75; < Middle French desagreer. See dis-¹, agree]

disagree

If you disagree with a person, statement, or idea, you have a different opinion of what is true or correct.

I disagree completely with John Taylor.

I disagree with much of what he says.

Don't use any preposition except with when you are mentioning the person, statement, or idea that you disagree with.

You can say that you disagree with someone about something.

I disagreed with them about how we should spend the money.

You can also say that two or more people disagree about something.

He and I disagree about it.

Historians disagree about the date of his birth.

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disagree

Past participle: disagreed
Gerund: disagreeing

Imperative
disagree
disagree

Present
I disagree
you disagree
he/she/it disagrees
we disagree
you disagree
they disagree

Preterite
I disagreed
you disagreed
he/she/it disagreed
we disagreed
you disagreed
they disagreed

Present Continuous
I am disagreeing
you are disagreeing
he/she/it is disagreeing
we are disagreeing
you are disagreeing
they are disagreeing

Present Perfect
I have disagreed
you have disagreed
he/she/it has disagreed
we have disagreed
you have disagreed
they have disagreed

Past Continuous
I was disagreeing
you were disagreeing
he/she/it was disagreeing
we were disagreeing
you were disagreeing
they were disagreeing

Past Perfect
I had disagreed
you had disagreed
he/she/it had disagreed
we had disagreed
you had disagreed
they had disagreed

Future
I will disagree
you will disagree
he/she/it will disagree
we will disagree
you will disagree
they will disagree

Future Perfect
I will have disagreed
you will have disagreed
he/she/it will have disagreed
we will have disagreed
you will have disagreed
they will have disagreed

Future Continuous
I will be disagreeing
you will be disagreeing
he/she/it will be disagreeing
we will be disagreeing
you will be disagreeing
they will be disagreeing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been disagreeing
you have been disagreeing
he/she/it has been disagreeing
we have been disagreeing
you have been disagreeing
they have been disagreeing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been disagreeing
you will have been disagreeing
he/she/it will have been disagreeing
we will have been disagreeing
you will have been disagreeing
they will have been disagreeing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been disagreeing
you had been disagreeing
he/she/it had been disagreeing
we had been disagreeing
you had been disagreeing
they had been disagreeing

Conditional
I would disagree
you would disagree
he/she/it would disagree
we would disagree
you would disagree
they would disagree

Past Conditional
I would have disagreed
you would have disagreed
he/she/it would have disagreed
we would have disagreed
you would have disagreed
they would have disagreed

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Verb	1.	disagree - be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" take issue, differ, dissent dissent - withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented" clash - disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies" contradict, contravene, negate - deny the truth of agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
	2.	disagree - be different from one another disaccord, discord be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

disagree

verb

1. differ (in opinion), argue, debate, clash, dispute, contest, fall out (informal), contend, dissent, quarrel, wrangle, bicker, take issue with, have words (informal), cross swords, be at sixes and sevens The two men disagreed about what to do next.
differ (in opinion) agree, get on (together), concur

2. make ill, upset, sicken, trouble, hurt, bother, distress, discomfort, nauseate, be injurious Orange juice seems to disagree with some babies.

disagree with something or someone oppose, be against, object to, not support, disapprove of, not believe in, dissent from, think wrong I disagree with drug laws in general.

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disagree

verb

1. To be unlike or dissimilar:

differ, diverge, vary.

Idiom: be at variance.

2. To be of different opinion:

differ, disaccord, discord, dissent, vary.

Idiom: join issue.

Translations

عارضلا يَتَلائِم، لا يَتَوافَق معيَتَخَالَفُيَتَشاجَر، يَخْتَلِفيُخالِف، يُعارِض، لا يُوافِق

nesouhlasithádat senedělat dobře

gøre dårliggøre sygvære uenige

nicht zustimmen schlecht bekommen sich streiten

διαφωνώ

diferir discrepar discutir disentir estar en desacuerdo

olla eri mieltä

être en désaccord ne pas convenir repousser

ne složiti se

nem egyezik

deila, rífastfara illa ívera ósammála

dissentire fare male non essere d'accordo discordare

反対する意見が異なる揉める異なる

의견이 맞지 않다

kenktinemaloniainesutartinesutiktisusiginčyti

būt citādās domāsnepanestnepiekristnesaskanētstrīdēties

не соглашаться расходиться

inte hålla med

ไม่เห็นด้วย

atışmakaynı görüşte olmamakdokunmak farklı görüşte olmak tartışmak

bất đồng

不同意不适合争执有害健康

disagree

[ˌdɪsəˈgriː] VI

1. (= have different opinion) → no estar de acuerdo, estar en desacuerdo
to disagree with sb (on or about sth) → no estar de acuerdo or estar en desacuerdo con algn (sobre algo)
I disagree with you → no estoy de acuerdo contigo, no comparto tu opinión

2. (= not approve) I disagree with bullfighting → yo no apruebo los toros, no me gustan los toros

3. (= quarrel) → reñir, discutir (with con)

4. (= not coincide) [accounts, versions] → diferir, no cuadrar (with con) their findings disagree → sus conclusiones difieren

5. (= make unwell) to disagree with sb [climate, food] → sentar mal a algn
onions disagree with me → las cebollas me sientan mal

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disagree

[ˌdɪsəˈgriː] vi

(= be against, think otherwise) → ne pas être d'accord
We always disagree → Nous ne sommes jamais d'accord.
I disagree! → Je ne suis pas d'accord!
to disagree with sb → ne pas être d'accord avec qn
He disagrees with me → Il n'est pas d'accord avec moi.
to disagree with sth (= be opposed) → être contre qch
to disagree about sth → ne pas être d'accord sur qch
to disagree with sb about sth → ne pas être d'accord avec qn sur qch

(= differ) [statements, statistics, reports] → ne pas concorder

(= upset)
Garlic disagrees with me → L'ail ne me convient pas., Je ne supporte pas l'ail.

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disagree

(with person, views) → nicht übereinstimmen; (with plan, suggestion etc) → nicht einverstanden sein; (two people) → sich (dat) → nicht einig sein

(= quarrel) → eine Meinungsverschiedenheit haben

(= be different: figures, reports) → nicht übereinstimmen

(climate, food) to disagree with somebody → jdm nicht bekommen; garlic disagrees with me → ich vertrage keinen Knoblauch, Knoblauch bekommt mir nicht

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disagree

[ˌdɪsəˈgriː] vi

a. to disagree (with sb on or about sth) → essere in disaccordo (con qn su qc), dissentire (da qn su qc); (quarrel) → litigare; (stories, accounts, figures, conflict) → essere discordante
I disagree with you → non sono d'accordo con te

b. to disagree with sth (oppose) → non essere d'accordo su qc

c. to disagree with (subj, climate, food) → non fare bene a
a hot climate disagrees with me → il clima caldo non mi si confà
onions disagree with me → non digerisco la cipolla

disagree

(disəˈgriː) verb

1. (sometimes with with) to hold different opinions etc (from someone else). We disagree about everything; I disagree with you on that point.

2. to quarrel. We never meet without disagreeing.

3. (with with) (of food) to be unsuitable (to someone) and cause pain. Onions disagree with me.

ˌdisaˈgreeable adjective

unpleasant. a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.

ˌdisaˈgreeably adverb

ˌdisaˈgreement noun

1. disagreeing. disagreement between the two witnesses to the accident.

2. a quarrel. a violent disagreement.

disagree

→ يَتَخَالَفُ nesouhlasit være uenige nicht zustimmen διαφωνώ discrepar olla eri mieltä être en désaccord ne složiti se dissentire 意見が異なる 의견이 맞지 않다 het oneens zijn være uenig nie zgodzić się descordar, discordar не соглашаться inte hålla med ไม่เห็นด้วย farklı görüşte olmak bất đồng 不同意

disagree

v. no estar de acuerdo; disentir; altercar, argumentar.

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In settling the preliminaries of the arbitration they had, however, the misfortune to disagree, and appealed to arms.

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TO THE FRIEND WHO, THOUGH IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR ACQUAINTANCESHIP DID OFTTIMES DISAGREE WITH ME, HAS SINCE BECOME TO BE MY VERY WARMEST COMRADE--

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"But I disagree with you," the Bishop interposed, his pale, ascetic face betraying by a faint glow the intensity of his feelings.

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Whether any one who has been subjected by the laws of his country to an unjust judgment is right in attempting to escape, is a thesis about which casuists might disagree. Shelley (Prose Works) is of opinion that Socrates 'did well to die,' but not for the 'sophistical' reasons which Plato has put into his mouth.

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Now of those principles on which the Carthaginians have established their mixed form of government, composed of an aristocracy and democracy, some incline to produce a democracy, others an oligarchy: for instance, if the kings and the senate are unanimous upon any point in debate, they can choose whether they will bring it before the people or no; but if they disagree, it is to these they must appeal, who are not only to hear what has been approved of by the senate, but are finally to determine upon it; and whosoever chooses it, has a right to speak against any matter whatsoever that may be proposed, which is not permitted in other cases.

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The thing was absurd: the air of the town would be certain to disagree with him, and with me as a nurse; the late hours and London habits would not suit me under such circumstances; and altogether he assured me that it would be excessively troublesome, injurious, and unsafe.

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For two or three months, he contented himself with hinting that he feared the air began to disagree with him; then, finding that the place really no longer was, to him, what it had been, he settled his business on his assistant, took a bachelor's cottage outside the village of which his young friend was pastor, and instantaneously recovered.

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Woodhouse's life; and upon being applied to, he could not but acknowledge (though it seemed rather against the bias of inclination) that weddingcake might certainly disagree with manyperhaps with most people, unless taken moderately.

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Hamel, if we should disagree, it is I who am the preordained victor."

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`poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.

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As doctors are prone to disagree, so these medicine men have now and then a violent altercation as to the malady of the patient, or the treatment of it.

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"It cannot stand without them, and I sometimes think--But I cannot expect your generation to agree, for even my daughter disagrees with me here."