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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
agreed
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
agreed to co-operate
▪ They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests.
the agreed dateBritish English, agreed upon date American English (= one that people have agreed on)
▪ The work was not finished by the agreed date.
the agreed/stipulated/recommended maximum (=one that is agreed between people)
▪ A pregnant woman should drink no more than the recommended maximum of 4 units per week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
generally
▪ As the debate continued, it was decided to hold a competition to find a suitable and generally agreed plan.
nationally
▪ Abolition was to be a vindication of the capacity of parliament to bring about nationally agreed change in difficult times.
▪ Salaries are usually calculated on nationally agreed grades.
previously
▪ The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess, whatever the circumstances.
▪ Clear documentation of a revision to previously agreed terms is essential.
▪ The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit.
▪ A previously agreed reduction in troops from 43,000 to 36,000 by the end of 1992 would go ahead as planned.
▪ He also found ways around previously agreed limits of 20 directly-elected seats to the Legislative Council in 1995.
■ NOUN
criteria
▪ Plans prepared using agreed criteria are then approved by the relevant senior managers.
▪ There have been no agreed criteria or standards. 4.
▪ The immediate objective End Result: To have agreed criteria for judging Bill's performance as a supervisor.
date
▪ Finally the letter must confirm the agreed date by which the report will be delivered.
▪ Both parties to the agreement know how much money will change hands at the agreed date in the future.
▪ It is a specific and unconditional agreement to make a payment of a fixed amount on an agreed date. 2.
definition
▪ No agreed definition of who is a geriatric patient has yet been arrived at.
▪ Discussion A problem in studying acute renal failure is the lack of a clearly agreed definition.
▪ The important point for our purposes is that there is no agreed definition.
▪ There is no agreed definition as to what constitutes a knowledge worker.
▪ There is no clear, positive, and agreed definition of what a comprehensive school is.
limit
▪ Many members, from all Banks, feel that the Banks' temporary staff numbers are not within the agreed limits.
▪ He also found ways around previously agreed limits of 20 directly-elected seats to the Legislative Council in 1995.
objective
▪ He then helps the follower into formulating these views into agreed objectives, which are recorded as shown in Table 10.6.
▪ This will take account of whether you have achieved the required standards and met your agreed objectives.
▪ Let the latter realize that virtually nothing is going to deflect you from reaching your agreed objectives.
period
▪ Agreed royalties will be paid for the use of each others' code for an agreed period of time.
▪ In such circumstances the seller is not entitled to refuse delivery unless the agreed period has already expired.
policy
▪ Each area of responsibility requires good preparation and hard work in sharing, adjusting and reaching agreed policies and practices.
▪ During the last few years an increasing number of schools have adopted agreed policies for handwriting.
▪ Some spoke of the need to have a press and a broadcasting service which discussed alternatives within broadly agreed policy frameworks.
price
▪ Disposal of existing equipment at the agreed prices had been confirmed.
▪ In the market individuals exchange goods and services at a mutually agreed price, normally using the medium of money.
▪ Would the result have been the same if the original agreed price for the carpentry had been a fair price?
procedure
▪ House of Fraser say agreed procedures weren't followed.
▪ This claim has been pursued through all agreed procedures with the Banks' Staff Relations Committee.
▪ After death, follow the agreed procedures about giving personal possessions to relatives.
▪ If the M&A network is to be used the agreed procedures set out in the handbook should be observed.
▪ If an employer is committed to an agreed procedure or customary arrangement regarding redundancies, he should adhere to it.
standard
▪ The Scheme will ensure that all solicitors' representatives who give police station advice do so to an agreed standard of competence.
▪ Establishment of agreed standards of service.
▪ The next stage of the project involves delivering training for coaches, assessors and verifiers, based on agreed standards of competence.
▪ Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance.
▪ This has enabled staff to match their management techniques to an agreed standard and children have thereby experienced a more consistent approach.
▪ This raises the question of how and whether agreed standards are implemented.
time
▪ Arrive punctually to be ready for the sound check at the agreed time.
▪ An agreed time for finishing each session can be an advantage, although this too must be flexibly interpreted.
▪ These reports include: Module timetable confirming the agreed times and groups and detailing which rooms have been booked.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an agreed price for the wheat
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An agreed time for finishing each session can be an advantage, although this too must be flexibly interpreted.
▪ But gradually a mutual respect, based on agreed boundaries for each other's territory and mutual usefulness, built up.
▪ Each order for goods or services then gives rise to a separate contract, subject to the agreed terms.
▪ For the first half of the meeting the division was split into two large committees to work through the agreed agenda.
▪ The eight-day tie-up has been an agreed method within the Community during the current year.
▪ The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess, whatever the circumstances.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agreed

Agree \A*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agreed; p. pr. & vb. n. Agreeing.] [F. agr['e]er to accept or receive kindly, fr. [`a] gr['e]; [`a] (L. ad) + gr['e] good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grateful.]

  1. To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.

    If music and sweet poetry agree.
    --Shak.

    Their witness agreed not together.
    --Mark xiv. 56.

    The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.
    --Sir T. Browne.

  2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

  3. 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.
    --Matt. v. 25.

    Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?
    --Matt. xx. 13.

  4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

  5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

  6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

    Note: The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. ``The jury were agreed.''
    --Macaulay. ``Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?''
    --Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. ``I agree me well to your desire.''
    --Ld. Berners.

    Syn: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.

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Wiktionary
agreed

  1. In harmony. interj. Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker. v

  2. (en-past of: agree)

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WordNet
agreed

adj. united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their distrust of authority" [syn: in agreement(p)]

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Usage examples of "agreed".

Jessy agreed absently while her gaze took in the broad expanse of plains before them, rugged and rolling into forever.

He wished to God Aby had agreed to the MacFarlane with him this year, which would have put Aby far to the south instead of on that road.

The address in the commons was ultimately agreed to after a most acrimonious debate, protracted by the Irish members and their opponents far beyond the limits usual on such occasions.

Some Family members, led by Rikart Neumann and Acton van Reuter, had apparently agreed to throw their support behind the Laum in exchange for augmentation technology.

Montrose was another, and immediately he set about raising troops from his own lands, and carried out the plan of campaign that had been agreed on by attacking Airlie castle.

It was agreed that EMI would press the album for them but have nothing to do with its distribution, which was eventually effected by Island Records in the UK and Tetragrammaton in the USA.

Seregil agreed, stealing another concerned look at Alec riding stiffly beside him.

It was agreed that Gray would keep his Wildcats high to preserve the altitude advantage he needed against the agile Zeros, and, at the same time, provide protection for the dive bombers.

In 1832, a treaty, bearing date the 20th of April, was executed between the British government in India and Meermoorad Ali, who at that time was the principal Ameer of Scinde, in which a bond of friendship was entered into, and mutual commerce was agreed upon.

I conclude that I agreed to this amnesia in order to be allowed to come.

At eleven, he was seen by the surgeons who agreed that gall-bladder infection was possible, even though bilirubin and amylase tests were normal.

I also want it agreed that the Anabasis will be allowed to quarantine the planet Travancore while the escaped Morgan Construct is being hunted.

At the Bourges assembly the two churchmen agreed touching the supremacy of General Councils, the freedom of episcopal elections, the suppression of annates and the rights of the Gallican Church.

When we were esconced in the antechamber, not much more was said among us and I took this to mean they had agreed among themselves to follow my instructions.

It was agreed that Willis should be under the espionage of Arabin for the night, and that he should take him home if practicable on the following morning.