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A vtr (prét, pp agreed)
1 (concur) être d'accord (that sur le fait que ; with avec) ; we agreed with him that he should leave nous étions d'accord avec lui sur le fait qu'il devait partir ;
2 (admit, concede) convenir (that que) ; I agree it sounds unlikely ça a l'air peu probable, j'en conviens ; it's dangerous, don't you agree? c'est dangereux, tu ne crois pas? ;
3 (consent) to agree to do accepter de faire ;
4 (settle on, arrange) se mettre d'accord sur, convenir de [date, time, venue, route, method, policy, terms, fee, price] ; se mettre d'accord sur [candidate, change, plan, solution] ; conditions agreed with the union/between the two parties des conditions convenues avec le syndicat/entre les deux parties ; to agree to do convenir de faire, se mettre d'accord pour faire ; the industrial nations have agreed to support Soviet reforms les pays industrialisés ont convenu de soutenir les réformes soviétiques.
B vi (prét, pp agreed)
1 (hold same opinion) être d'accord (with avec ; about, on sur) ; ‘I agree!’ ‘je suis bien d'accord!’ ; I couldn't agree more! je suis entièrement d'accord! ; he didn't agree with me on what was causing the pain il n'était pas d'accord avec moi sur la cause de la douleur ; to agree about ou on doing être d'accord pour faire ;
2 (reach mutual understanding) se mettre d'accord, tomber d'accord (about, on sur) ; they failed to agree ils n'ont pas réussi à se mettre d'accord ; the jury agreed in finding him guilty le jury est tombé d'accord pour le déclarer coupable ;
3 (consent) accepter ; to agree to consentir à [plan, suggestion, terms, decision, negotiations] ; she'll never agree to that elle n'y consentira jamais ; they won't agree to her going alone ils ne consentiront pas à ce qu'elle y aille toute seule ;
4 (hold with, approve) to agree with approuver [belief, idea, practice, proposal] ; I don't agree with vivisection/with what they're doing je désapprouve la vivisection/ce qu'ils font ;
5 (tally) [stories, statements, figures, totals] concorder (with avec) ; the two theories agree (with each other) les deux théories concordent ;
6 (suit) to agree with sb [climate, weather] être bon pour qn ; [food] réussir à qn ; I ate something that didn't agree with me j'ai mangé quelque chose qui ne m'a pas réussi or qui n'est pas passé ;
7 Ling s'accorder (with avec ; in en).
C agreed pp adj [date, time, venue, amount, budget, fee, price, rate, terms, signal] convenu ; as agreed comme convenu ; it was agreed that there would be a wage freeze il était convenu qu'il y aurait un gel des salaires ; to be agreed on être d'accord sur [decision, statement, policy] ; are we all agreed on this? sommes-nous tous d'accord là-dessus? ; is that agreed? c'est bien entendu? ; ⇒ damage.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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