agreement
Roget category 23
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.2. Relation
›› 1.2.4. General relation
#23.
Agreement
noun
agreement —
accord,
accordance —
unison,
harmony —
concord
etc.
714 —
concordance,
concert —
understanding,
mutual understanding.
conformity
etc.
82 —
conformance —
uniformity
etc.
16 —
consonance,
consentaneousness†,
consistency —
congruity,
congruence —
keeping —
congeniality —
correspondence,
parallelism,
apposition,
union.
fitness,
aptness
etc.
adj. —
relevancy —
pertinence,
pertinencey† —
sortance† —
case in point —
aptitude,
coaptation†,
propriety,
applicability,
admissibility,
commensurability,
compatibility —
cognation
etc.
(relation)
9.
adaption†,
adjustment,
graduation,
accommodation —
reconciliation,
reconcilement —
assimilation.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488 —
concurrence
etc.
178 —
cooperation
etc.
709.
right man in the right place,
very thing —
quite the thing,
just the thing.
verb
be accordant
etc.
adj. —
agree,
accord,
harmonize —
correspond,
tally,
respond —
meet,
suit,
fit,
befit,
do,
adapt itself to —
fall in with,
chime in with,
square with,
quadrate with,
consort with,
comport with —
dovetail,
assimilate —
fit like a glove,
fit to a tittle,
fit to a T —
match
etc.
17 —
become one —
homologate†.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488.
render accordant
etc.
adj. —
fit,
suit,
adapt,
accommodate —
graduate —
adjust
etc.
(render equal)
27 —
dress,
regulate,
readjust —
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile —
fadge†,
dovetail,
square.
adjective
agreeing,
suiting
etc.
v. —
in accord,
accordant,
concordant,
consonant,
congruous,
consentaneous†,
correspondent,
congenial —
coherent —
becoming —
harmonious reconcilable,
conformable —
in accordance with,
in harmony with,
in keeping with,
in unison with,
etc.
n. —
at one with,
of one mind,
of a piece [Fr.] —
consistent,
compatible,
proportionate —
commensurate —
on all fours.
apt,
apposite,
pertinent,
pat —
to the point,
to the purpose —
happy,
felicitous,
germane,
ad rem [Lat.],
in point,
on point,
directly on point,
bearing upon,
applicable,
relevant,
admissible.
fit adapted,
in loco,
a propos [Fr.],
appropriate,
seasonable,
sortable,
suitable,
idoneous†,
deft —
meet
etc.
(expedient)
646.
at home,
in one's proper element.
adverb
a propos of [Fr.] —
pertinently
etc.
adj..
phrase
rem acu tetigisti [Lat.] —
if the shoe fits,
wear it —
the cap fits —
auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Lat.]
[Syrus];
discers concordia [Lat.]
[Ovid].
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