disagreement (ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt
)
Definitions
noun
- refusal or failure to agree
- a failure to correspond
- an argument or dispute
Synonyms
View thesaurus entryQuotations
"It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races"
"The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion"
Translations
- British English:
disagreement
Disagreement means objecting to something.They expressed some disagreement with the proposal.ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt NOUN They expressed some disagreement with the proposal.
- Spanish:
desacuerdo
nm
- French:
différend
nm
- German:
Unstimmigkeit
nf
- Chinese: 意见不一 n
- Arabic: مُخَالَفَة n
- Portuguese: desacordo nm
- Russian: несогласие nnt
- Croatian: neslaganje nnt
- Czech: nesouhlas nm
- Danish: uenighed nutr
- Dutch: onenigheid nf
- Finnish: erimielisyys n
- Greek: διαφωνία nf
- Italian: disaccordo nm
- Japanese: 意見の相違 n
- Korean: 불일치 n
- Norwegian: uenighet nm
- Polish: niezgodność nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: desacordo nm
- European Spanish:
desacuerdo
nm
- Swedish: oenighet nutr
- Thai: ความขัดแย้งกัน n
- Turkish: anlaşmazlık n
- Vietnamese: sự bất đồng n
Usage examples
They are having something of a... disagreement... over the demon child's fate.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Where there was disagreement , this was resolved through consultation with a third reviewer (MJC).
British Medical Journal (2002)You won't hear disagreement from the other parties on that score.
Irish Times (2002)I HEARD my 10-year- old son having a disagreement with my father about which king ruled at a certain time.
Sun, News of the World (2000)The difficulty lies in how each partner copes with disagreement.
, Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)