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All confusables

Agree with / Agree to / Agree on

Usage

Agree with expresses the same view; agree to expresses consent; agree on identifies a matter jointly decided.

Agree with

Use when

You share a person's opinion or accept an assessment as correct.

Example

“Legal agrees with Finance's assessment.”

Agree to

Use when

You consent to a proposal, request, set of terms or course of action.

Example

“The vendor agreed to the revised terms.”

Agree on

Use when

Two or more parties jointly settle or decide a matter.

Example

“The agencies agreed on the implementation date.”

Quick check

agreed with the contract when acceptance is meant, agreed to the implementation date when joint settlement is meant, agreed on to the proposal

Usage note

British English also permits direct constructions such as “the parties agreed the terms”. Do not mark that established form wrong merely because it omits a preposition.

Source checked 2026-08-12 (opens in a new tab)