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disagree

Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/

The English word “disagree” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
  2. To fail to conform or correspond with.

Etymology

From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.

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