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agreement
A	noun
	1	agreement, correspondence
			compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚characteristic ╚compatibility ╚agreement, correspondence ╚conformity; conformance
	2	agreement, arrangement
			the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚planning; preparation; provision ╚agreement, arrangement ╚prearrangement ╚collusion
	3	agreement, understanding
			the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement, understanding ╚oral contract ╚entente; entente cordiale ╚submission ╚written agreement ╚gentlemen's agreement ╚working agreement ╚bargain; deal ╚sale; sales agreement ╚unilateral contract ╚covenant ╚conspiracy; confederacy
	4	agreement
			the verbal act of agreeing
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚agreement ╚harmony; concord; concordance ╚ratification; confirmation ╚subscription ╚accession; assenting ╚connivance; collusion ╚accord; conformity; accordance ╚concurrence ╚compliance ╚assent; acquiescence
	5	agreement, concord
			the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚linguistic relation ╚grammatical relation ╚agreement, concord ╚gender agreement ╚case agreement ╚person agreement ╚number agreement
	6	agreement, accord
			harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
		Category Tree: state ╚order ╚harmony; concord; concordance ╚agreement, accord ╚social contract ╚unison ╚unanimity ╚sense of the meeting ╚consensus ╚concurrence; meeting of minds ╚community; community of interests

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