gree
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English agree
Pronunciation
- grî
Verb
- Make person accept someting.
- Inside hundred percent, na only one percent dey gree, di rest no gree, — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__223, 223 In a hundred percent, only one percent agreed, the others did not.)
- Eh Madrid no want gree, — (WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__56, Eh, Madrid doesn't want to agree.)
- Oga now, I no go, I no gree... — (ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__279, Boss, no I will not. I refuse.)
- But no be everybody John gree baptize. — (jw__34766, __no translation__)
- No ah me, I wan make de sack am, but di board no gree sack am. — (PRT_03_Football_DG__73, No, I want them to sack him but the board refused to sack him.)
- Make person fit do someting.
- E go gree you talk? — (Will you dare to say it?)
Translation
- English: agree, permit, allow