different between agree vs aye
agree
English
Etymology
From Middle English agreen, from Old French agreer (“to accept or receive kindly”), from a gré (“favorably”), from Latin ad (“to”) + gratum (“pleasing”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?-gr?', IPA(key): /????i?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????i/
- Rhymes: -i?
- Hyphenation: a?gree
Verb
agree (third-person singular simple present agrees, present participle agreeing, simple past and past participle agreed)
- (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, a sonnet in The Passionate Pilgrim
- If music and sweet poetry agree.
- For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
- The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, a sonnet in The Passionate Pilgrim
- (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
- (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
- 2011 April 3, John Burke, in The Sunday Business Post:
- Bishops agree sex abuse rules
- 2011 April 3, John Burke, in The Sunday Business Post:
- (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
- Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
- (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
- (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
- (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
- This is a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
- The transitive usage could be considered as just an omission of to or upon.
- US and Canadian English do not use the transitive form. Thus "they agreed on a price" or "they agreed to the conditions" are used in North America but not "they agreed a price" or "they agreed the conditions".
Synonyms
- (harmonize in opinion): concur, harmonize; See also Thesaurus:agree
- (yield assent): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede or Thesaurus:assent
- (yield assent to): approve, set
- (come to terms or to a common resolve): bargain, deal, engage; See also Thesaurus:bargain
- (be conformable): coincide, correspond, match, resemble
- (do well): fit, suit
- (grammar):
- (law):
Antonyms
- disagree
Derived terms
- disagree
- agreement
Related terms
- gree
Translations
Further reading
- agree in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- agree in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Eager, aeger, eager, eagre, geare, æger
Middle English
Verb
agree
- Alternative form of agreen
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aye
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English aye, ai, a??, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiw? (“ever, always”) (compare Old English ?wo, ?wa, ?, ?, Middle Dutch ie, German je), from *aiwaz (“age; law”) (compare Old English ?(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyu- (“long time”) (compare Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n)). Doublet of aevum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- (sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: ay, eye, I
Adverb
aye (not comparable)
- (archaic) ever, always
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
- The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.
- 1863, Translation by Catherine Winkworth:
- Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aye.
References
Etymology 2
"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. More at oh, yea.
Alternative forms
- ay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: ay, eye, I
Interjection
aye
- yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
Usage notes
- It is much used in Scotland, the north and Midlands of England, the northern counties of Ireland, North Wales, as well as in Australia and New Zealand (where it may follow rather than precede a statement). Also notably seen in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.
Synonyms
- yes
- yea
Antonyms
- nay
- no
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
Noun
aye (plural ayes)
- An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
- "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."
Synonyms
- yes
Translations
References
Etymology 3
Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??/, /æ??/
Interjection
aye
- (MLE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
- Synonyms: hey, oi, I say
Anagrams
- yae, yea
Indonesian
Etymology
From Betawi aye. Doublet of saya.
Pronoun
aye
- (Jakarta, slang) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my
Synonyms
Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:
- gue, ogut
Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:
- aku (informal)
- ku
- daku (poetic)
- saya (formal)
- gua, gw (Java)
- hamba
Middle English
Noun
aye (plural ayer or ayren)
- Alternative form of ei
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse ei, ey, cognate with Old English ?. See the etymology for the English word above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?/
Adverb
aye (not comparable)
- always, still
Interjection
aye
- yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question
Spanish
Noun
aye m (plural ayes)
- whine; whining; whinging
Yoruba
Noun
ayé
- world
- life
Noun
àyè
- chance, opportunity
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