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Agreement, disagreement and compromise A
Agreement: sharing views verb + preposition
meaning
Her complaints tally with the comments we have received from other people.
match or agree with
His opinion concurs with the general opinion of the experts on this matter.
share/agree with an idea/opinion
The President found herself in full accord with the opposition.
be in complete agreement with
Your views coincide with mine on the question of crime and punishment.
be the same as
His behaviour doesn’t conform to the school’s expectations.
fit in with
My parents approve of my choice of profession and support me fully.
think something is right or good
The noun from approve is approval; an action can meet with someone’s approval. [be liked by that person]
Note the expression to agree to differ, which is used when people continue to hold different opinions but see no point in continuing to argue about them: We couldn’t reach a consensus at the meeting, so we just agreed to differ.
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Political and social disagreement noun
meaning
There is dissent in the party on the issue.
opposition to the accepted way of thinking
The general discord between the committee members had a negative impact on the club.
lack of agreement or harmony (suggests arguments and rows)
The growing rift in the Democratic Party over defence policy is now public.
disagreement (with different groups/factions forming)
A major split in the Labour Party resulted in several ministers taking the decision to form a new party of their own.
when a larger group breaks up into two or more smaller groups because they disagree about something
There is (a) major division in the Socialist Party over economic policy.
similar to split but more abstract and formal (can be countable or uncountable)
Government plans to build a new airport in this area are bound to cause controversy.
a lot of disagreement about a subject, usually because it affects a lot of people
Compromise
Language help
The two sides have reached a compromise over the plan to build the new road across a nature A good way to agree with what someone has reserve. said is to say either Absolutely! or Precisely! The Minister was not prepared to compromise A: It would be risky to leave your job without on the issue of raising university fees. getting another one first. The government made several concessions to B: Precisely!/Absolutely! the protesters. [accepted some of the demands of] The management and the union reached a settlement and the strike ended. [reached a decision/agreement] In this particular case, we should exercise some discretion and not say anything that would cause more conflict. [be sensitive, use our judgement]
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
