disagree English · revision 7996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1473–74|origins=frm désagréer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/ ''(UK)''; /dɪsəˈɡɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English disagreen, [[bor|frm|desagreer|alt=désagréer]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from des-, not (see [[dis-]]), and agréer, to please, receive with favour (see [[agree]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ 1473–74 in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) to differ, not correspond, 1494, and to refuse assent, 1495, in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To be at variance, to quarrel, is from 1548,^(OED 1989) and to differ in opinion from 1559 (the 1550s).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Of food or climate, to have bad effects on someone, it is from 1563.^(OED 1989) NODE notes the early sense, to refuse to agree to.^(NODE 1998) The noun disagree, disagreement, is a rare 16th-century word.^(OED 1989) ''Disagreeable'' is older, from before 1400 in Chaucer.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1473–74 – the verb.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1494 – to differ.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1548 – to quarrel.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1559 – to differ in opinion.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1563 – of food.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To have a different [[opinion]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To fail to correspond; to [[conflict]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To quarrel or dispute.^(AHD)

+ # Of food or climate, to cause bad effects: ''curry disagrees with me''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disagreeable]]

+ * [[disagreement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agree]]

+ * [[agreement]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}