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IN AGREEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in agreement mean?
• IN AGREEMENT (adjective)
The adjective IN AGREEMENT has 1 sense:
1. united by being of the same opinion
Familiarity information: IN AGREEMENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
United by being of the same opinion
Synonyms:
agreed; in agreement
Context example:
agreed in their distrust of authority
Similar:
united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)
Context examples
She nodded her head in agreement, and hastened to explain: But he is not that type of man. By nature he is sober and serious. He always was that.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Judge Scott nodded his head in agreement.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Personally I am in agreement with Dr. Armstrong, and football does not come within my horizon.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In agreement with previous studies, the researchers found that a majority (52.8%) of hypothalamic MCH cells fired when mice underwent REM sleep whereas about 35% fired only when the mice were awake and about 12% fired at both times.
(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)
“In that, Doctor, you will find yourself in agreement with every criminal in the country,” said my friend, quietly.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Once in a while she looked up at him and nodded in agreement.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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