Difference between revisions of "gree"

 
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===Frequency===
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===Verb===
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
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# Make person accept someting.
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 357
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#:* {{ux|dv|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.)}}
* Frequency in raw corpus: 1619
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#:* {{ux|dv|Eh Madrid no want '''gree''', |(WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__56, Eh, Madrid doesn't want to agree.)}}
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 236
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#:* {{ux|dv|Oga now, I no go, I no '''gree'''... |(ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__279, Boss, no I will not. I refuse.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|But no be everybody John '''gree''' baptize. |(jw__34766, __no translation__)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|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.)}}
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#Make person fit do someting.
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#:* {{ux|dv| E go '''gree''' you talk?  |(Will you dare to say it?)}}
  
===Transitive Verb===
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====Translation====
* Make person accept someting.
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*English: ''agree, permit'', ''allow''
 
 
:{{ux|dv|You '''gree''' three hundred? |(IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__39, Do you agree to collect three hundred ?)}}
 
 
 
===Intransitive Verb===
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|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.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Eh Madrid no want '''gree''', |(WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__56, Eh, Madrid doesn't want to agree.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Oga now, I no go, I no '''gree'''. |(ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__279, Boss, no I will not. I don't agree.)}}
 
 
 
===Serial Verb===
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|But no be everybody John '''gree''' baptize. |(jw__34766, __no translation__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|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.)}}
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[allow]], [[agree]], [[accept]]
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''agree''.
 

Latest revision as of 16:31, 31 May 2023

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From English agree

Pronunciation

  • grî

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Verb

  1. 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.)
  2. Make person fit do someting.
    • E go gree you talk?  — (Will you dare to say it?)

Translation

  • English: agree, permit, allow