disagree

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈɡɹi/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: dis‧a‧gree

Verb

disagree (third-person singular simple present disagrees, present participle disagreeing, simple past and past participle disagreed)

1. (intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

   Synonym: beg to differ

   John disagreed with Mary frequently.

   Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree.

2. (intransitive) To fail to conform or correspond with.

   My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.

Usage notes

• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Derived terms

• agree to disagree
• disagreeable
• disagreeableness
• disagreeably
• disagreeance
• disagreement
• disagreer
• disagree with

 

Translations

to fail to agree

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: اختلف (iḵtalaf)

• Belarusian: не згадзіцца pf (nje zhadzicca), не згаджацца impf (nje zhadžacca)
• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 齟齬 (jǔyǔ)

  Mandarin: 不同意 (zh) (bù tóngyì) (opposite of 同意), 反對／反对 (zh) (fǎnduì)

• Czech: nesouhlasit
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} het niet eens zijn , ^{(please verify)} het oneens zijn
• Esperanto: malkonsenti
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: anderer Meinung sein
• Greek: διαφωνώ (el) (diafonó)
• Italian: non concordare, non combaciare, dissentire (it), disconvenire, discrepare (it), divergere (it), non essere d'accordo, essere in disaccordo
• Japanese: 反対する (hantai-suru), 異なる (ja) (kotonaru), 揉める (ja) (momeru)
• Latin: dissentiō
• Lithuanian: prieštarauti (lt)
• Maori: wenewene
• Marathi: असहमत असणे (asahmat asṇe)
• Norwegian: (være) uenig
• Portuguese: discordar (pt)
• Romanian: nu fi de acord
• Russian: не соглаша́ться (ne soglašátʹsja) (opposite of соглашаться)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrd
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} no estar de acuerdo
• Swedish: inte hålla med
• Welsh: anghytuno (cy), anghydweld (cy), anghydsynio

to fail to conform or correspond with

• Czech: nesouhlasit, neodpovídat
• Dutch: niet overeenkomen (nl), niet overeenstemmen
• Greek: διαφωνώ (el) (diafonó)
• Italian: discordare (it)
• Latin: dissideo
• Maori: wenewene
• Norwegian: ikke stemme overens
• Portuguese: discordar (pt)
• Russian: расходи́ться (ru) (rasxodítʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrd
• Spanish: discrepar (es)
• Welsh: anghytuno (cy)

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Translations to be checked‌: "to fail to agree"

• American Sign Language: ^{(please verify)} 1@Sfhead-PalmDown 1@TipFinger-FingerAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerAcross 1@FromTipFinger-1@InsideChesthigh
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} عَارَضَ (ʕāraḍa)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} различавам се (različavam se), ^{(please verify)} не съвпадам (ne sǎvpadam)