| give in | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. accede, bow, defer, give in, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
| ~ buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| v. (communication) | 2. buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ accede, give in, bow, defer, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
| agree | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. agree, concord, concur, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| ~ settle | end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement.; "The two parties finally settled" |
| ~ conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up | come to terms.; "After some discussion we finally made up" |
| ~ see eye to eye | be in agreement.; "We never saw eye to eye on this question" |
| ~ concede, grant, yield | be willing to concede.; "I grant you this much" |
| ~ subscribe, support | adopt as a belief.; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" |
| ~ resolve, conclude | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. |
| ~ arrange, fix up | make arrangements for.; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" |
| ~ agree | achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose.; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" |
| v. (communication) | 2. agree | consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something.; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" |
| ~ plea-bargain | agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge.; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years" |
| ~ bargain | come to terms; arrive at an agreement. |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ acquiesce, assent, accede | to agree or express agreement.; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" |
| v. (stative) | 3. agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| ~ consist | be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous.; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" |
| ~ check out, check | be verified or confirmed; pass inspection.; "These stories don't check!" |
| ~ look | accord in appearance with.; "You don't look your age!" |
| ~ answer | match or correspond.; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" |
| ~ coincide | be the same.; "our views on this matter coincided" |
| ~ align | be or come into adjustment with. |
| ~ correlate | to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation.; "Do these facts correlate?" |
| ~ parallel | be parallel to.; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" |
| ~ twin, duplicate, parallel | duplicate or match.; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" |
| ~ square | be compatible with.; "one idea squares with another" |
| ~ bear out, underpin, corroborate, support | support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" |
| ~ equal, be | be identical or equivalent to.; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ conform to, fit, meet | satisfy a condition or restriction.; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" |
| ~ homologize | be homologous.; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" |
| ~ befit, beseem, suit | accord or comport with.; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ pattern | form a pattern.; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" |
| ~ adhere | be compatible or in accordance with.; "You must adhere to the rules" |
| ~ rime, rhyme | be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable.; "hat and cat rhyme" |
| v. (stative) | 4. accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| ~ blend in, blend, go | blend or harmonize.; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" |
| v. (stative) | 5. agree | show grammatical agreement.; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| v. (possession) | 6. agree | be agreeable or suitable.; "White wine doesn't agree with me" |
| ~ suit | be agreeable or acceptable.; "This time suits me" |
| v. (communication) | 7. agree | achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose.; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| ~ compromise | make a compromise; arrive at a compromise.; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise" |
| ~ conclude | reach agreement on.; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire" |
| approve | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| ~ authorize, authorise, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| ~ sanction | give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.; "sanctify the marriage" |
| ~ visa | approve officially.; "The list of speakers must be visaed" |
| ~ back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support | be behind; approve of.; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
| ~ confirm | support a person for a position.; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. approve | judge to be right or commendable; think well of. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rubberstamp | approve automatically. |
| concur | | |
| v. (change) | 1. coincide, concur | happen simultaneously.; "The two events coincided" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| correspond | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. correspond, equate | be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics. |
| ~ equal, be | be identical or equivalent to.; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
| v. (communication) | 2. correspond | exchange messages.; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years" |
| ~ write | communicate or express by writing.; "Please write to me every week" |
| ~ drop a line, write | communicate (with) in writing.; "Write her soon, please!" |
| v. (stative) | 3. correspond, represent, stand for | take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to.; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" |
| ~ equal, be | be identical or equivalent to.; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
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