disagree
To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
Verb 2 meanings
To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
“John disagreed with Mary frequently.”
To fail to conform or correspond with.
“My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.”
Etymology
From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.
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DISAGREE at a glance
DISAGREE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + A 1 + G 2 + R 1 + E 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,033 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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