agreement
- noun
- /əˈɡriːmənt/
- Specialized
- When you get agreement in the results, then you have established a new objective truth.
- percentage agreement
- interrater agreement
- interobserver agreement
Because even within my local institution, there might not be exact agreement in terms of how things are coded and captured in the system.
- Because even within my local institution, there might not be exact agreement in terms of how things are coded and captured in the system.
- Particle physicists claim there is something wrong with theories that as a matter of fact work perfectly fine and are in agreement with all the data.
- But I know what I know and my feelings come into agreement with what I know.
Examples
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The third analysis revealed substantial agreement between the two scaled scores.
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Particle physicists claim there is something wrong with theories that as a matter of fact work perfectly fine and are in agreement with all the data.
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Uh, the town as a whole reached a financial agreement with the government.
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Results indicated a lack of agreement on events that began or ended momentum.
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But beyond this vague statement of principle, there was very little agreement as to how they should actually proceed.
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There isn't currently agreement about why the cement job failed.
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The intervention was implemented with 100% accuracy, and the interrater agreement between both researchers was 100%.
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Cohen's coefficient was used to assess overall agreement between the two systems and data reliability.
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Riddle retelling scores were coded with 100% agreement, and riddle explanation scores were coded with 98% agreement.
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The scientists reported agreement in their findings, indicating that their measurements were consistent.
Synonyms
A close match that shows two things are similar
Whether copies of the same data on different computers match each other
The way parts or ideas fit together in an argument
A state where statements or facts do not conflict
Idioms
Compounds
An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Formal
A legal contract made before marriage that says who keeps property if they divorce
- Formal
A contract that lets someone use another person's invention, brand, or creative work
- Formal
A written contract between workers and the company about pay and working rules
An agreement people make by trust that is not written or legally binding
- Formal
A signed paper that shows the employer's and employee's pay, duties and job rules
- Formal
A written contract that explains the details and rules for buying a house or other goods
An international agreement from 1947 to reduce taxes on imports and other trade barriers
- Formal
A written promise between two or more companies to join and work as one company
- Formal
A written contract where a seller transfers ownership of a house or car to a buyer for an agreed price
A written deal between an employer and employees, usually through a union, that sets pay and work conditions
- Formal
A written agreement about money or benefits given when an employee leaves a job
- Formal
A written deal that lets one company sell another company's products to stores
- Formal
A contract that explains the terms for one company to buy another company
A legal contract a couple makes before marriage saying who owns what if they separate
- Archaic
A written contract between a ship's captain and crew about their work and pay
- Specialized
A deal where a maker tells stores not to sell a branded product below a fixed price
- Specialized
A rule that makes verbs and adjectives match a noun's singular or plural
- Specialized
Matching words like I, you, or he with the correct verb form in a sentence
How Consistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Agreement comes from the verb agree, which also carried the idea of 'matching' or 'being in harmony'. So when measurements are in agreement, they 'match' or fit with each other.