verb

disagree

dih-suh-GREE

verb

To hold a different opinion from someone else.

"I disagree with the decision to cancel the event."

"The two scientists disagreed about the cause of the data spike."

To fail to match or correspond, as of accounts or facts.

"The witnesses' statements disagreed on key details."

How to Use Disagree

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo think differently from someone, or (of facts/figures) to not line up with each other.

Common mistake

Use "disagree with" a person or idea, not "disagree to."

Common pairings

disagree with someone agree to disagree strongly disagree

disagreed past tense, disagrees singular

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I _____ with the decision to cancel the event.

From Middle English disagre, via Anglo-Norman disagreer from Old French desagreer, "to be unpleasant" — built from dis- + agree.

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