Meaning

3 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

    to reconcile people who have quarrelled

    to wait until others have reconciled

    versöhnen

    помири́тьсяpomirítʹsja, помири́тьpomirítʹ, примири́тьprimirítʹ

  2. (transitive)To make things compatible or consistent.

    to reconcile differences

    versöhnen

    make (one thing) compatible with (another)

  3. (transitive)To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. My mother attempted to reconcile the couple.

    Моя мама спробувала примирити пару. — deniko

    ruМоя мать пробовала помирить пару. — Hellerick

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  2. I reconciled myself to the loss.

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  3. He was reconciled to his fate.

    ruОн смирился со своей судьбой. — Lenin_1917

    deEr war mit seinem Schicksal zufrieden. — xtofu80

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  4. She reconciled herself to living there.

    deSie hat sich damit abgefunden, dort zu wohnen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. She became reconciled with her friend.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to restore a friendly relationship (transitive):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to restore a friendly relationship (transitive):

Origin

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

Borrowed from Latin reconciliō.

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Forms

reconciles, reconciling, reconciled, reconciled
Base formreconcile · to reconcile
3rd person singularreconciles
Present participlereconciling
Past simplereconciled
Past participlereconciled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreconcile
he, she, itreconciles

Past simpleLesson

all personsreconciled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reconciled
he, she, ithas reconciled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reconcile

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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