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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disagreement
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bitter disagreement
▪ There were reports of bitter disagreement between the European Communities.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
▪ How is a basic disagreement of this nature resolved?
▪ Hamann's appeal to language and experience as the ground of reason rests on a still more basic disagreement with Kant.
considerable
▪ There has been a substantial literature on macroeconomic disequilibrium, but there is considerable disagreement about the appropriateness of different models.
▪ It has also generated considerable disagreement.
▪ Right from the start we shall see that there is considerable disagreement between economists about just what the effects are.
▪ However, there is likely to be considerable disagreement on who be sides Mr Sankoh should stand trial.
▪ There is still considerable disagreement as to whether maternal experience and emotions during pregnancy can affect the developing child.
▪ The voting at the special January conference of the League had shown considerable disagreement with adherence to the Unity Manifesto.
▪ There is, however, considerable disagreement as to the size of the black economy.
fundamental
▪ Some of these are in fundamental disagreement with the assumption on which the rational-planning or objectives models rest.
▪ This debate is deep and serious, for it reflects fundamental disagreements about the very nature of society and politics.
internal
▪ David Rees, the chairman of Rugby, has tended his resignation after an internal disagreement.
▪ But prospects for rapid progress are dim, because of internal disagreements.
political
▪ Annie Sheila, it's not personal, we are actually having a political disagreement, in case you hadn't noticed.
▪ This in no way limited the cut-and-thrust of political disagreement.
▪ The point is that there is likely to be political disagreement over how to resolve these issues.
profound
▪ There are, of course, profound disagreements between Marxist and elite writers as to the causal factors generating this phenomena.
▪ This has not removed the scope for profound disagreement about the relevance of such conditions.
serious
▪ Those frictions suggest serious disagreement later on.
▪ Yet the debate on Cadbury shows that there are serious disagreements about the ideal structure for company boards.
strong
▪ If only children did not hold strong ideas, disagreement and conflict would evaporate in the sunshine of social harmony.
■ NOUN
policy
▪ Upton Southern shed 5p to 40p in reaction to the chairman's resignation over a policy disagreement.
▪ Some of the final cuts had more to do with policy disagreements between Wilson and Democrats than a lack of money.
▪ Intensive political contact in what is a relatively small country, has tended to soften and shift policy disagreements.
■ VERB
resolve
▪ They continue to converse at cross purposes and wonder why their numerous conversations never seem to get anywhere or resolve any disagreement.
▪ Markets typically include a provision for resolving disagreements by returning the product or through arbitrage in other cases.
▪ They made contact with the therapist 3 months later when they were unable to resolve a disagreement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Disagreement over who should produce the next album caused the band to split.
▪ Ginny had left the company after a disagreement with her boss.
▪ The party is seriously split by internal rivalries and disagreements.
▪ There is a some disagreement among medical experts about the best treatment for back pain.
▪ There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.
▪ This bill will never be passed if disagreements between Democrats and Republicans aren't settled soon.
▪ We've had a few disagreements, but we're still good friends.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Agreement is sought and where not reached a fair statement of disagreement is provided.
▪ Issues which are not in dispute should be eliminated and the scope of the disagreement narrowed.
▪ The disagreement comes when you try to understand why genetic mixing is a good idea.
▪ The disagreements had long been brewing.
▪ There was widespread disagreement among the respondents.
▪ This view allowed room for disagreement between prophets and for the recognition of limitations in the human factor.
▪ Typical was the day when she had another disagreement with the headmaster at the local primary school.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disagreement

Disagreement \Dis`a*gree"ment\ (d[i^]s`[.a]*gr[=e]"ment), n. [Cf. F. d['e]sagr['e]ment disagreeable circumstance, disagreeableness.]

  1. The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

  2. Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. [R.]

  3. Difference of opinion or sentiment.

  4. A falling out, or controversy; difference.

    Syn: Difference; diversity; dissimilitude; unlikeness; discrepancy; variance; dissent; misunderstanding; dissension; division; dispute; jar; wrangle; discord.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disagreement

late 15c.; see dis- + agreement.

Wiktionary
disagreement

n. 1 An argument or debate. 2 A condition of not agreeing or concurring.

WordNet
disagreement
  1. n. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: dissension, dissonance] [ant: agreement]

  2. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, divergence, variance]

  3. the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing [ant: agreement]

Usage examples of "disagreement".

After all, if we coolly consider those arguments which have been bandied about, and retorted with such eagerness and acrimony in the house of commons, and divest them of those passionate tropes and declamatory metaphors which the spirit of opposition alone had produced, we shall find very little left for the subject of dispute, and sometimes be puzzled to discover any material source of disagreement.

Vonier had had good reason for his admiration for and his disagreement with Carberry, the financier, over a treatise Carberry had written.

When we found the larder so bare, there fell out an ugly disagreement between the Colonel and the Escapee over Sybil, who looked like a good dinner to the one but, for the other, lay under the protection of the taboo against the slaughter of beasts whom we love.

I have been talking with the Hoppo in an effort to settle the disagreement.

Avenue Club, thus making it possible for Harry to introduce himself to the very environment wherein Orvill and Laverock had voiced their disagreement.

Moon came out of his sleep slowly this time, partly involved in a dream in which Gene Halsey and he were in a bar involved in some sort of disagreement with a military policeman and partly aware that Lum Lee was pushing on his shoulder.

The latter allowance was really the best, because Mary was adamant, even in the face of disagreement by Mollen, against the idea of working Jim any more than an ordinary eight hours a day.

It was in regard to this very tittle that De Maupassant had a disagreement with Audran and Boucheron director of the Bouffes Parisiens in October, 1890 They had given this title to an operetta about to be played at the Bouffes.

However, I got caught up in arguments and disagreements with my brother, Pelles, over the running of Claymorgan and quite forgot the matter, so Thomas became a frequent visitor to Orland.

Davis came to the aid of his Kentucky colleague by moving an amendment, to come in as an additional Article, being a new plan of Presidential election designed to do away with the quadrennial Presidential campaign before the People by giving to each State the right to nominate one candidate, and leaving it to a Convention of both Houses of Congress-- and, in case of disagreement, to the Supreme Court of the United States --to elect a President and a Vice-President.

At the far end however Mowett and Rowan, the man who had replaced the lubberly Somers, seemed to be in disagreement, strong and even acrimonious disagreement.

On the question as to whether any one can produce hypnotism by pursuing the right methods there is some disagreement, but not much.

Their disagreement was purely on a matter of business, but although Joseph Mansell, a husband and a father, had existence outside the offices of Kane and Mansell, Silas and his business were one and indivisible.

During a normal timetable, we would execute periapsis burn for Earth encounter thirty minutes later, at eighteen-thirty, but for this mission we will have a minor glitch in the targeting computer, causing a disagreement in the primary AI interface.

What did they know of the disagreements he had had with Primavera, who wanted to take the child to her pallet in the kitchen?