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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹiː/ Rhymes: -iː === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gre, from Old French gré, from Latin gradum (“step”). Compare degree. Doublet of grade. ==== Noun ==== gree (plural grees) (obsolete) One of a flight of steps. (obsolete) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station. (geometry, obsolete) A degree. === Etymology 2 === From (pre-reform) Scottish Gaelic gré, from Old Scottish Gaelic gray. ==== Noun ==== gree (countable and uncountable, plural grees) (now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat). === Etymology 3 === From Middle English gre, from Old French gré (“pleasure, goodwill”), from Latin gratum, a noun use of the neuter of gratus (“pleasing”). ==== Noun ==== gree (uncountable) (archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction. === Etymology 4 === From Middle English green (“to agree”), from Old French greer, from gré (hence Etymology 3). ==== Verb ==== gree (third-person singular simple present grees, present participle greeing, simple past and past participle greed) (intransitive, obsolete or Nigeria) To agree. === Anagrams === Eger, Geer, Gere, eger, egre, geer == Gullah == === Etymology === From English agree. === Pronunciation === (Gullah Geechee) IPA(key): /ɡɹiː/ === Verb === gree To agree === References === De Nyew Testament‎[2], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== gree alternative form of gre (“step, degree”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gree alternative form of gre (“goodwill, agreement”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== gree alternative form of green == Nigerian Pidgin == === Etymology === From English agree. === Verb === gree to agree === Further reading === “gree” in Naija Guru, 2026. == Scots == === Verb === gree (third-person singular simple present grees, present participle greein, simple past and past participle greet) (Doric Scots) to agree (make an agreement) to agree (settle differences) === References === “gree”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.