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reconcile

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
reconcile /ˈrɛkənˌsajəl/ verb
reconciles; reconciled; reconciling
reconcile
/ˈrɛkənˌsajəl/
verb
reconciles; reconciled; reconciling
Learner's definition of RECONCILE
formal
[+ object] : to find a way of making (two different ideas, facts, etc.) exist or be true at the same time调和;使协调一致
: to cause people or groups to become friendly again after an argument or disagreement使和解;使和好
[+ object]
often used as (be) reconciled常用作(be) reconciled
[no object]

reconcile to

[phrasal verb]
reconcile (someone) to (something)
: to cause (someone) to accept (something unpleasant)使接受(不愉快之事);使妥协

— reconcilable

/ˌrɛkənˈsaɪləbəl/ adjective
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5586 COCA: 6560

reconcile

verb

rec·​on·​cile ˈre-kən-ˌsī(-ə)l How to pronounce reconcile (audio)
reconciled; reconciling

transitive verb

1
a
: to restore to friendship or harmony
reconciled the factions
b
: settle, resolve
reconcile differences
2
: to make consistent or congruous
reconcile an ideal with reality
3
: to cause to submit to or accept something unpleasant
was reconciled to hardship
4
a
: to check (a financial account) against another for accuracy
b
: to account for
reconcilability noun
reconcilable
ˌre-kən-ˈsī-lə-bəl How to pronounce reconcile (audio)
ˈre-kən-ˌsī-
adjective
reconcilement noun
reconciler noun
Choose the Right Synonym for reconcile

adapt, adjust, accommodate, conform, reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another.

adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances.

adapted themselves to the warmer climate

adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.

adjusted the budget to allow for inflation

accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence.

businesses accommodating themselves to the new political reality

conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle.

refused to conform to society's values

reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible.

tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew

Example Sentences

She and Eddie had separated and reconciled so many times the children had lost track of whose clothes were where. John Grisham, The Chamber, 1995 He thought they might reconcile the Parisians to his daring design by reminding them of the familiar arches of their bridges. Mario Salvadori, Why Buildings Stand Up, 1990 By exposing the comic-pathetic quality of the human condition, it temporarily reconciles us to that condition without creating in us complacence, lethargy, or any negative emotion. Clifton Fadiman, Center Magazine, January-February 1971 It is a function of architecture to reconcile technology with human cussedness, to make the mechanics of life endurable … Russell Lynes, Harper's, October 1968 It can be difficult to reconcile your ideals with reality. historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle See More
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French reconciler, from Latin reconciliare, from re- + conciliare to conciliate

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of reconcile was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5586 COCA: 6560

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