disagree with someone

disagree | Business English

disagree
verb[ I ]
uk /ˌdɪsəˈɡriː/us
to not have the same opinion, idea, etc. as someone or to not agree with them:
disagree about/on sthThe two sides in the pay dispute strongly disagree about raises.
disagree with sbThe sales manager and project manager still disagree with each other on pricing and product development.
if two or more reports, ideas, sets of numbers, etc. disagree, they are not the same:
disagree about/on sthThe studies disagreed, however, about whether shareholders of buying firms typically made tiny gains, or tiny losses.

Examples of disagree

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The organization represented an eclectic group of socialists who widely disagreed as to socialist strategy.
He disagrees with these premises not because he considers them false, but rather inadequate and excessively simplified.
Moreover, they threatened to excommunicate anybody who disagreed with them.
Sharp, as he appreciates, had set the terms of debate even for those who disagreed with many of his particular ideas.
We might even expect disagreeing parties to engage in protracted talk about the quality of the merchandise until some common ground or resolution was reached.
If at least one agent disagrees, then both leave the meeting without trading.
Data are coded 0 (respondent strongly disagrees that the action should be allowed) to 3 (respondent strongly agrees that the action should be allowed).
A low score denotes a negative attitude ; either agreeing with a negatively biased statement or disagreeing with a positively biased statement.
In my survey, 43 % agreed strongly, 37 % agreed somewhat, 9 % were neutral, 7 % disagreed somewhat and 4 % disagreed strongly.
If two reviewers disagreed, a third echocardiographer was consulted.
Though both men were committed to a "rational-utilitarian" vision of chemistry, they disagreed entirely about the nature and purposes of chemical knowledge.
In another study, general practitioners and patients disagreed with guidelines on prevention that suggested discontinuing annual check-ups.
However, some studies have disagreed with this finding (3;7;8).
I disagreed, believing that a full account of the background issues was needed, as well as my summary of the available evidence.
Indeed, members of the tsarist government and academics often disagreed about possible areas of co-operation.
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