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# disagreement

noun (disagreement, disagreements)

«disagreement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A disagreement is when people have different opinions about something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#m1)
2. A disagreement is a small argument or quarrel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#m2)
3. Disagreement means not matching: disagreement between two answers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#m3)

### In the lessons

At school and home, children learn that disagreements are normal and can be solved calmly: listen, take turns, explain your view, find a compromise or ask an adult to help; disagreeing politely is different from fighting. In science, scientists have disagreements and settle them with evidence and tests. In maths, if two methods give a disagreement in answers, check your working. Phrases: have a disagreement, in disagreement, a disagreement about/over, settle a disagreement.

### Examples

- We had a disagreement about whose turn it was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x1)
- It's OK to have a disagreement if you stay polite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x2)
- The teacher helped us settle the disagreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x3)
- There was disagreement over which game to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x4)
- Scientists use evidence to sort out disagreements. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x5)
- My answer and the calculator's were in disagreement, so I checked again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x6)
- Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/#x7)

### Note

Countable: disagreements. Built from dis- (not) + agree + -ment. Verb: disagree («disagree with someone about something»). Opposite: agreement.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disagreement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disagreement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disagreement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disagreement.html) on Mova free.