What is agreement?

Definition

Agreement refers to a formal relationship between elements whereby a form of one word requires a corresponding form of another.

Also known as:

concord

Example (Latin)
	In Latin, nouns and their adjectives must correspond to one another in number, gender and case.

Source
	Crystal 1991 13, 71

Concept module: agreement
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): A
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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