They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests.agreeda‧greed /əˈɡriːd/ ●●○ adjective [only before noun] 
The important thing is to have agreed objectives.2be agreed if people are agreed, they have discussed something and agree about what to doagreed on All parties are now agreed on the plan.be agreed that We’re all agreed that we cannot spend what we have not earned.3Agreed used to check if someone agrees, or to show that you agree: ‘Let’s just forget it ever happened. Agreed?’ ‘Agreed.’
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an agreed price for the wheat
- An agreed time for finishing each session can be an advantage, although this too must be flexibly interpreted.
- But gradually a mutual respect, based on agreed boundaries for each other's territory and mutual usefulness, built up.
- Each order for goods or services then gives rise to a separate contract, subject to the agreed terms.
- For the first half of the meeting the division was split into two large committees to work through the agreed agenda.
- The eight-day tie-up has been an agreed method within the Community during the current year.
- The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess, whatever the circumstances.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests.
They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests. British English, agreed upon date American English (=one that people have agreed on)· The work was not finished by the agreed date.
(=one that is agreed between people)· A pregnant woman should drink no more than the recommended maximum of 4 units per week.
· I would be surprised if he agreed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· As the debate continued, it was decided to hold a competition to find a suitable and generally agreed plan.
· Abolition was to be a vindication of the capacity of parliament to bring about nationally agreed change in difficult times.· Salaries are usually calculated on nationally agreed grades.
· The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess, whatever the circumstances.· Clear documentation of a revision to previously agreed terms is essential.· The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit.· A previously agreed reduction in troops from 43,000 to 36,000 by the end of 1992 would go ahead as planned.· He also found ways around previously agreed limits of 20 directly-elected seats to the Legislative Council in 1995.
NOUN· Plans prepared using agreed criteria are then approved by the relevant senior managers.· There have been no agreed criteria or standards. 4.· The immediate objective End Result: To have agreed criteria for judging Bill's performance as a supervisor.
· Finally the letter must confirm the agreed date by which the report will be delivered.· Both parties to the agreement know how much money will change hands at the agreed date in the future.· It is a specific and unconditional agreement to make a payment of a fixed amount on an agreed date. 2.
· No agreed definition of who is a geriatric patient has yet been arrived at.· Discussion A problem in studying acute renal failure is the lack of a clearly agreed definition.· The important point for our purposes is that there is no agreed definition.· There is no agreed definition as to what constitutes a knowledge worker.· There is no clear, positive, and agreed definition of what a comprehensive school is.
· Many members, from all Banks, feel that the Banks' temporary staff numbers are not within the agreed limits.· He also found ways around previously agreed limits of 20 directly-elected seats to the Legislative Council in 1995.
· He then helps the follower into formulating these views into agreed objectives, which are recorded as shown in Table 10.6.· This will take account of whether you have achieved the required standards and met your agreed objectives.· Let the latter realize that virtually nothing is going to deflect you from reaching your agreed objectives.
· Agreed royalties will be paid for the use of each others' code for an agreed period of time.· In such circumstances the seller is not entitled to refuse delivery unless the agreed period has already expired.
· Each area of responsibility requires good preparation and hard work in sharing, adjusting and reaching agreed policies and practices.· During the last few years an increasing number of schools have adopted agreed policies for handwriting.· Some spoke of the need to have a press and a broadcasting service which discussed alternatives within broadly agreed policy frameworks.
· Disposal of existing equipment at the agreed prices had been confirmed.· In the market individuals exchange goods and services at a mutually agreed price, normally using the medium of money.· Would the result have been the same if the original agreed price for the carpentry had been a fair price?
· House of Fraser say agreed procedures weren't followed.· This claim has been pursued through all agreed procedures with the Banks' Staff Relations Committee.· After death, follow the agreed procedures about giving personal possessions to relatives.· If the M&A network is to be used the agreed procedures set out in the handbook should be observed.· If an employer is committed to an agreed procedure or customary arrangement regarding redundancies, he should adhere to it.
· The Scheme will ensure that all solicitors' representatives who give police station advice do so to an agreed standard of competence.· Establishment of agreed standards of service.· The next stage of the project involves delivering training for coaches, assessors and verifiers, based on agreed standards of competence.· Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance.· This has enabled staff to match their management techniques to an agreed standard and children have thereby experienced a more consistent approach.· This raises the question of how and whether agreed standards are implemented.
· Arrive punctually to be ready for the sound check at the agreed time.· An agreed time for finishing each session can be an advantage, although this too must be flexibly interpreted.· These reports include: Module timetable confirming the agreed times and groups and detailing which rooms have been booked.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► Agreed
- Any press release must be agreed between the parties prior to issue.
- Equally it was agreed by all counsel that such a view was erroneous, and I agree.
- It is therefore important to ensure that wording is agreed as far as possible during drafting meetings.
- It was agreed that all transmission of film material will be in a progressive scan format from launch of services.
- It was agreed that he might return to work from the hospital when he felt better able to cope.
- Regional banding could not be agreed to simply on the basis of national wage bargaining.
- The economic rationale, in terms of economic efficiency, was agreed in terms of increasing competitiveness, rather than the change of ownership.
- The handover of the Bedford and Luton institutions was agreed.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveagreeable ≠ disagreeableagreednounagreement ≠ disagreementverbagree ≠ disagreeadverbagreeably ≠ disagreeably
1an agreed plan, price, arrangement etc is one that people have discussed and accepted: The important thing is to have agreed objectives.2be agreed if people are agreed, they have discussed something and agree about what to doagreed on All parties are now agreed on the plan.be agreed that We’re all agreed that we cannot spend what we have not earned.3Agreed used to check if someone agrees, or to show that you agree: ‘Let’s just forget it ever happened. Agreed?’ ‘Agreed.’