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dis·a·gree·ment
(dĭs′ə-grē′mənt)n.
1. A failure or refusal to agree.
2. A disparity; an inconsistency.
3.
a. A conflict or difference of opinion.
b. A quarrel.
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disagreement
(ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt)n
1. refusal or failure to agree
2. a failure to correspond
3. an argument or dispute
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dis•a•gree•ment
(ˌdɪs əˈgri mənt)n.
1. the act or fact of disagreeing.
2. lack of agreement; diversity; unlikeness.
3. difference of opinion; dissent.
4. a quarrel; argument.
[1485–95; < Anglo-French, Middle French]
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Disagreement
of statesmen: statesmen collectivley—Lipton, 1970.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Agreement/Disagreement
See Also: COMPATIBILITY, FIGHTING
- About as far apart as an atheist and a born-again Christian —Anon
- Acquiesced like an old man acquiescing in death —Wilfrid Sheed
- (Nobody can be as) agreeable as an uninvited guest —Frank McKinney
Humorists like McKinney are notable phrase converters. This simile may be a case in point, evolving from William Wordsworth’s sonnet To a Snowdrop which describes a flower bending its forehead “As if fearful to offend, like an unbidden guest.”
See Also: BEHAVIOR
- Agree like a finger and a thumb —Anon
- Agree like two cats in a gutter —John Heywood’s Proverbs
- Agree like cats and dogs —John Ray’s Proverbs
This sarcastic twist to the more commonly used “Fight like cats and dogs” dates back to the nineteenth century.
- Agree like pickpockets in a fair —John Ray’s Proverbs
- Agree like the clocks of London —Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife —The Holy Bible/Proverbs
- As far apart as the atheists who claim there is no soul, and the Christian Scientists who declare there is no body —Anon
- Co-operate about as much as two tomcats on a fence —Raymond Chandler
- Far apart as the poles —Anon
- Flock together in consent, like so many wild geese —William Shakespeare
- Like the course of the heavenly bodies, harmony in national life is a resultant of the struggle between contending forces —Judge Louis D. Brandeis
- Sentiments as equal as if weighed on a golden scale —Janet Flanner
- We are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the row of the upper and lower teeth. To act against one another is contrary to nature —Marcus Aurelius
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Noun | 1. | disagreement - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters conflict - a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" disunity - lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) divide - a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) |
2. | disagreement - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" | |
3. | disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing speech act - the use of language to perform some act dissidence - disagreement; especially disagreement with the government dissent - a difference of opinion nonconformity - lack of harmony or correspondence dissension, discord - disagreement among those expected to cooperate difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" agreement - the verbal act of agreeing |
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disagreement
noun
1. objection, opposition, doubt, niggle (informal), demur, counter-argument, remonstrance They have expressed some disagreement with the proposal.
2. argument, row, difference, division, debate, conflict, clash, dispute, falling out, misunderstanding, dissent, quarrel, squabble, strife, wrangle, discord, tiff, altercation, turf war (informal) My instructor and I had a brief disagreement.
argument accord, agreement, unity, consensus, unison, assent
argument accord, agreement, unity, consensus, unison, assent
in disagreement at odds, in conflict, at loggerheads, at variance, disunited, at daggers drawn, in disharmony The two sides were locked in disagreement.
Quotations
"The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Clubs]
"The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Clubs]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
disagreement
noun1. A marked lack of correspondence or agreement:
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Translations
إخْتِلاف، نِزاعتَضارُبمُخَالَفَة
nesouhlashádka
uenighedsammenstødskænderi
erimielisyys
neslaganje
ágreiningurrifrildi, deila
意見の相違
불일치
nestrinjanjeprepir
oenighet
ความขัดแย้งกัน
sự bất đồng
disagreement
[ˌdɪsəˈgriːmənt] N1. (with opinion) → desacuerdo m, disconformidad f
the talks ended in disagreement → no se alcanzó un acuerdo or no hubo acuerdo en las conversaciones
the talks ended in disagreement → no se alcanzó un acuerdo or no hubo acuerdo en las conversaciones
3. (between accounts, versions) → discrepancia f (with con)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
disagreement
[ˌdɪsəˈgriːmənt] n (= lack of agreement) → désaccord m, différend m
disagreement with sth → désaccord avec qch
disagreement over sth → désaccord quant à qch
to be in disagreement → être en désaccord
to be in disagreement with sb → être en désaccord avec qn
to be in disagreement over sth → être en désaccord quant à qch
disagreement with sth → désaccord avec qch
disagreement over sth → désaccord quant à qch
to be in disagreement → être en désaccord
to be in disagreement with sb → être en désaccord avec qn
to be in disagreement over sth → être en désaccord quant à qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
disagreement
n
(with opinion, between opinions) → Uneinigkeit f; to be in disagreement with somebody → mit jdm nicht einer Meinung sein; we are in disagreement → wir sind verschiedener Meinung; there is still disagreement → es herrscht noch Uneinigkeit
(= quarrel) → Meinungsverschiedenheit f
(between figures, reports) → Diskrepanz f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
disagreement
[ˌdɪsəˈgriːmənt] n (with opinion) → disaccordo; (quarrel) → dissapore m, litigio; (between stories, accounts, figures) → discrepanza, discordanzato have a disagreement with sb → litigare con qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
disagree
(disəˈgriː) verb1. (sometimes with with) to hold different opinions etc (from someone else). We disagree about everything; I disagree with you on that point.
2. to quarrel. We never meet without disagreeing.
3. (with with) (of food) to be unsuitable (to someone) and cause pain. Onions disagree with me.
ˌdisaˈgreeable adjective unpleasant. a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.
ˌdisaˈgreeably adverbˌdisaˈgreement noun
1. disagreeing. disagreement between the two witnesses to the accident.
2. a quarrel. a violent disagreement.
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disagreement
→ مُخَالَفَة nesouhlas uenighed Unstimmigkeit διαφωνία desacuerdo erimielisyys différend neslaganje disaccordo 意見の相違 불일치 onenigheid uenighet niezgodność desacordo несогласие oenighet ความขัดแย้งกัน anlaşmazlık sự bất đồng 意见不一Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009