Definition of Number agreement

1. Noun. Agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify).

Generic synonyms: Agreement, Concord

Lexicographical Neighbors of Number Agreement

numb
numb(p)
numbat
numbats
numbed
numbedness
number
number-cruncher
number-crunchers
number-crunching
number-theoretical
number-theoretically
number 1
number 2
number 2 pencil
number agreement (current term)
number cruncher
number crunchers
number crunching
number eight
number eights
number eleven
number field
number fields
number five
number fives
number four
number fours
number games
number line

Literary usage of Number agreement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gnomon of the New Testament: Pointing Out, from the Natural Force of the by Johann Albrecht Bengel (1864)
"A Syllepsis of the number [agreement of the verb with a plural implies in the singular nominative]. For sobriety, which is presently praised, becomes women ..."

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