RECONCILE
Dictionary entry overview: What does reconcile mean?
• RECONCILE (verb)
The verb RECONCILE has 4 senses:
1. make compatible with
2. bring into consonance or accord
3. come to terms
4. accept as inevitable
Familiarity information: RECONCILE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RECONCILE (verb)
Meaning:
Make compatible with
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
reconcile; conciliate; accommodate
Context example:
The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
Hypernyms (to "reconcile" is one way to...):
harmonise; harmonize (bring into consonance or relate harmoniously)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Bring into consonance or accord
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
reconcile; harmonise; harmonize
Context example:
harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
Hypernyms (to "reconcile" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reconcile"):
key (harmonize with or adjust to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Come to terms
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
conciliate; patch up; reconcile; settle; make up
Context example:
After some discussion we finally made up
Hypernyms (to "reconcile" is one way to...):
agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reconcile"):
appease; propitiate (make peace with)
make peace (end hostilities)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Accept as inevitable
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
resign; reconcile; submit
Context example:
He resigned himself to his fate
Hypernyms (to "reconcile" is one way to...):
accept (consider or hold as true)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
