To have a different opinion from someone; or for food or medicine to cause discomfort to the body.
To think something is wrong or to have a different idea from someone else; or when food makes you feel sick.
3 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
To have a different opinion from someone; to think that something is wrong or incorrect.
"I disagree with the government's decision to cut funding for public libraries."
I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
— Attributed to Voltaire (widely quoted formulation)
Of food, drink, or medicine: to cause stomach discomfort, nausea, or an adverse reaction in someone.
"Spicy food always disagrees with me — I feel terrible afterwards."
Of figures, accounts, or statements: to fail to match or be consistent with each other.
"The two witnesses' accounts disagree with each other on several key points."
To not agree with something or someone.
To think something is wrong or to have a different idea from someone else; or when food makes you feel sick.
Extremely common in all registers. The opinion sense is used at all levels of formality. The physical sense ('food disagrees with me') is very common in informal everyday conversation. Always inseparable — the object always follows 'with'.
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