Perbedaan Agree on, Agree about, Agree with, Dan Agree to

Masih berkaitan dengan materi "Asking And Giving Opinions", kali ini kita akan membahas makna sebuah kata dalam bahasa Inggris yang sering digunakan untuk merespon atau memberi tanggapan terhadap suatu pendapat, yaitu "agree". Kata kerja (verb) ini memiliki makna umum "setuju", "sepakat", dan kadang meluas menjadi "cocok".

Akan tetapi, tahukah kalian bahwa kata kerja ini bisa memiliki beragam makna, tergantung pada kata yang mengikutinya? Perbedaan makna tersebut bisa dilihat dari obyek atau jenis kata yang mengikutinya.

Selengkapnya, mari kita pelajari makna beserta contoh kalimat di bawah ini. Perhatikan bagian kalimat yang bergaris bawah.

A. Agree on / about

Digunakan jika sekumpulan orang sepakat, sependapat atau memiliki pendapat yang sama tentang sesuatu hal.

Contoh:

• All members of the committee agreed on/about the plan to merge the two sections.
• The committee agreed on the results of the discussion.
• They finally agreed about the establishment of a new regulation.

B. Agree with

Artinya adalah memiliki pendapat yang sama dengan orang lain, setuju terhadap sesuatu, atau suatu fakta sesuai dengan fakta lainnya.

• She didn't agree with my opinion.
• I agree with you that human rights must be respected by anyone.
• We found out that the survey result agreed with the goverment's data.

C. Agree to

Frase ini memiliki makna menerima atau menyetujui suatu permintaan / persyaratan (demand, requirement, recommendation) atau memiliki komitmen untuk melakukan suatu tindakan (to do an action).

• The bank agreed to provide funding for small and medium enterprises.
• The committee agreed to implement a new approach to address the environmental issues.
• The principal agreed to the recommendation given by the school committee.

D. Exercise

Lengkapilah kalimat-kalimat di bawah ini dengan "on" atau "about", "with", atau "agree to".

1. They agreed his demands.
2. She agreed see me after school.
3. Some members didn't agree the manager's decision.
4. The organisation has agreed the recommendations given by the local government.
5. Parents mostly agree the school's plan to adopt the new system.
6. In English, the subject of a sentence must agree the verbs.
7. She agreed the auditor's demands.
8. I'm sorry, spicy hot food never agrees my stomach.
9. After the meeting, the board of directors agreed implement new marketing strategies.
10. After the meeting, the board of directors agreed the implementation of new marketing strategies.
11. Basically, people agree the approach that the government adopted.
12. We couldn't agree some points of the new regulation.
13. The field evaluation showed that their statements didn't agree the facts.
14. They always quarrel. They never agree each other.
15. We finally agreed a solution after hours of discussion.
16. The committee finally agreed the proposal to increase funding for education.
17. I completely agree you that teamwork is essential for success.
18. They couldn’t agree the details of the contract, so the meeting was postponed.
19. The manager agreed our plan to launch the new product next month.
20. She doesn’t agree his opinion on how to handle the situation.