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DictionaryjibeAgreement
verb

jibe

JYBE/dʒˈaɪb/

To be consistent with something else.

The adjoining images jibe, forming one continuous leaf and stem across the puzzle seam.

Two interlocking jigsaw pieces fit together perfectly, with a continuous leaf-and-stem image aligning across their shared seam.
Etymology

Origin unknown. Proposed connections with changing a sail or chiming in do not establish the agreement verb's ancestry.

In context

ORCA Media66:22
he held that belief personally and it didn't necessarily jibe with what his home church was saying
Spotlight on Vermont Issues: Religious Freedom

More examples

  • The totals jibe with our earlier estimate.
  • Her explanation jibed with what the witnesses remembered.
  • The proposed schedule fails to jibe with the school calendar.

Forms

jibe · jibes · jibed · jibing

Similar words

agree
Agree can concern people or statements; jibe informally means fit consistently with another account or fact.
accord
Accord with is a more formal equivalent for being consistent.