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Definition of agreeable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

agreeable

adjective
 
/əˈɡriːəbl/
 
/əˈɡriːəbl/
(formal)
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  1. pleasant and easy to like
    • We spent a most agreeable day together.
    • He seemed extremely agreeable.
    opposite disagreeable
    Extra Examples
    • It all sounds very agreeable.
    • We had an agreeable evening at the theatre.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • sound
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  2. [not before noun] agreeable (to something) willing to do something or allow something
    • Do you think they will be agreeable to our proposal?
    • He was perfectly agreeable to the idea.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • perfectly
    • quite
    preposition
    • to
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  3. agreeable (to somebody) able to be accepted by somebody
    • The deal must be agreeable to both sides.
    • We tried to negotiate a mutually agreeable solution.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • perfectly
    • quite
    preposition
    • to
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  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French agreable, from agreer ‘make agreeable to’, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + gratus ‘pleasing’.
See agreeable in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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