Disagree
verbTo hold or express a different opinion from someone else.
How to spell disagree
8 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce disagree
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does disagree mean?
- verbTo hold or express a different opinion from someone else.
Disagree in a sentence
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The two analysts disagree about the forecast for next year.
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The junior members respectfully disagree with the committee's final decision.
Where does disagree come from?
Language of origin: French
This word is built from the prefix dis-, a Latin element meaning 'not' or 'apart', attached to the verb agree. Agree itself entered English in the late 1300s from the Old French agreer, which meant 'to please' or 'to receive kindly', formed from the phrase a gre, literally 'to one's liking', where gre came from the Latin gratus meaning 'pleasing' or 'thankful'. Disagree therefore originally carried the sense of failing to please or to suit, and only later settled into its modern meaning of holding a different opinion. The same gratus root still surfaces in everyday words such as 'grateful' and 'gratitude'. The spelling trap lies in the single s of dis- meeting the a of agree without doubling, and in remembering the double e at the end.
How the word is built
- dis- (not, opposite of)
- agree (from Old French agreer: to please, accept)
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