gree

Naija

Alternative forms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Etymology

Borrowed from English gree

Pronunciation

• grî

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 357
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1619
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 236

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Auxiliary

gree: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:15)

   Jehovah tell people wey no gree follow wetin e talk sey: ‘See!  — (jw__19278, __no translation__)

   Dis na di reason why Hegerberg no gree follow play for dis World Cup.  — (bbc__41396, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Antonyms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Translations

• English: no definition

Noun

gree: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. acl:relcl-det (frequency:3)

   As court get power too, e fit bone any gree wey dem gree.  — (hildrights__14, __no translation__)

   or give or gree sey im go give money or another ting to make another gree sey im go foster pikin, don break law for dis Act.  — (hildrights__1000, __no translation__)

2. advmod-det (frequency:2)

   Most private schools just dey open to make money and because of dis, dem no di gree come register.  — (bbc__4844, __no translation__)

   Even if goment forces and separatist fighters no di gree say deh burn, na about 750 houses and business places dem don turn to ashes since end of 2016 wen de crisis start.  — (bbc__47526, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• pikin gree

1. Jephthah know sey Jehovah go happy because the pikin gree do wetin Jephthah don promise Jehovah.  — (jw__17494, __no translation__)

   and no go fit understand wetin scientific test be and wetin de want use am do, if di person wey dey care for and dey control di pikin gree and di medical practitioner wey de don confirm sey as de collect di scientific teste e no go spoil im care and treatment.  — (hildrights__34, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Antonyms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

gree: agree -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   As e be say we gree say e good make all country join hand togedir to better di life of pikin dem.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:22)

   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 don't agree.)

3. cc-ccomp (frequency:9)

   E no get person wey go do tattoo or do skin mark, or gree make peson do am for piki,.  — (hildrights__246, __no translation__)

   or collect or gree sey im go collect or collect another ting to make am easy to foster pikin;  — (hildrights__999, __no translation__)

4. ccomp (frequency:7)

   Everything wey Bible talk gree from beginning go reach the end.  — (jw__10272, __no translation__)

   The trust wey we get for Jehovah go make us gree sey, no be everything we fit do.  — (jw__29856, __no translation__)

5. advmod (frequency:5)

   Di one wey make pipo open mouth no gree close am na di one wey im clip wey enta off di bar.  — (bbc__36769, __no translation__)

   Nazanin papa no wan first gree but I convince am to accept di money in exchange for our daughter.  — (bbc__4963, __no translation__)

6. obl:arg (frequency:5)

   But no be everybodi gree for dis change.  — (bbc__23099, __no translation__)

   But Barrister Musa Salihu no follow gree wit im fellow lawyer.  — (bbc__21252, __no translation__)

7. mark-obj (frequency:5)

   Di villagers bin no wan release Pony, e take 35 policemen wit AK-47s for dem to gree free Pony.  — (bbc__39397, __no translation__)

   Group chat make plenti sense weda na for choir to gree which song dem go sing next Sunday, work tins or students wey dey do homework togeda.  — (bbc__55007, __no translation__)

8. aux-nsubj (frequency:5)

   E go gree.  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__209, She will agree.)

   E go gree?  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__208, She will agree ?)

9. dep-nsubj (frequency:5)

   I gree sey na me do am.  — (jw__15829, __no translation__)

   Everybody gree sey na cook.  — (NST_cleaned__24908, __no translation__)

10. obj (frequency:3)

    But my family people, especially my sister Araceli, no want gree sey wetin I dey preach correct.  — (jw__26539, __no translation__)

    for di case wey dey paragraph,, and for dis section, di person wey dey adopt or people wey dey adopt pikin go be people wey officers don investigate gree sey dem and di pikin match and sey dem go fit stay.  — (hildrights__228, __no translation__)

11. mark (frequency:3)

    Yadau wey yan with BBC Hausa tok say e divorce im wife because she no gree afta e tell her not to vote Buhari.  — (bbc__101488, __no translation__)

    Even if today 10 year old Ebako Fawoh don go through operation and chemotherapy di fit play, laugh laik any oda pikin, e no bin easy for yi mami for gree say e pikin get cancer.  — (bbc__47530, __no translation__)

12. nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

    You gree three hundred?  — (IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__39, Do you agree to collect three hundred ?)

    But no be everybody John gree baptize.  — (jw__34766, __no translation__)

13. aux (frequency:2)

    Inside hundred percent, na only one percent dey gree, di rest no gree,  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__223, In hundred percent, it's only one percent that agrees; the rest don't agree.)

    Person no go fit foster pikin for private if law wey Minister make no make am qualify as e concern dis section unless sey e don tell authority wey dey in-charge and authority don gree , con write paper give am sey dem gree.  — (hildrights__429, __no translation__)

14. dep (frequency:2)

    Gree sey na you cause am.  — (jw__13539, __no translation__)

    Na this one make us gree sey na Jehovah we go worship.  — (jw__40088, __no translation__)

15. conj (frequency:2)

    or get di right to – gree or say dem no go gree make de make application as e take concern di pikin under di adoption rules for dis Act, or talk who go be like papa or mama for di pikin.  — (hildrights__904, __no translation__)

    As e con dey be --- e no go get court case wey e be sey person go fit bring against pikin after di pikin don grow reach di majority age make e pay di gbese wey e carry before e reach di majority age or wey e collect when e still never reach di age, con reach di age gree sey e go pay am , whether or not e get new consideration for di promise, or greesay when di pikin don reach di majority age ;  — (hildrights__265, __no translation__)

16. cc-nsubj (frequency:2)

    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.)

    De fit make di application under subsection for dis section even if di authorities dem wey dey concern know or de gree or d no gree sey make dem do am.  — (hildrights__767, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Antonyms

• allow 0.60 1182, want 0.57 5324, agree 0.52 564, accept 0.50 312, fear 0.49 1340, forget 0.49 672, notice 0.48 360, wan 0.48 6206, ready 0.48 1219

Translations

• English: agree