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- [rek-uh n-sahyl]
- /ˈrɛk ənˌsaɪl/
- /ˈrek.ən.saɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rek-uh n-sahyl]
- /ˈrɛk ənˌsaɪl/
Definitions of reconcile word
- verb with object reconcile to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate. 1
- verb with object reconcile to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: to reconcile hostile persons. 1
- verb with object reconcile to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.). 1
- verb with object reconcile to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent: to reconcile differing statements; to reconcile accounts. 1
- verb with object reconcile to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, cemetery, etc.). 1
- verb with object reconcile to restore (an excommunicate or penitent) to communion in a church. 1
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Origin of reconcile
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English reconcilen < Latin reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate
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Parts of speech for Reconcile
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reconcile popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reconcile
verb reconcile
- acclimatize — When you acclimatize or are acclimatized to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- acquiesce — If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- adapt — If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
Antonyms for reconcile
verb reconcile
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
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