{
    "term": "reconcile",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "reconcile",
            "heSheIt": "reconciles"
        },
        "pastSimple": "reconciled",
        "pastParticiple": "reconciled",
        "ingForm": "reconciling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to find an acceptable way of dealing with two or more ideas, needs, etc. that seem to be opposed to each other",
            "sensetop": "reconcile something (with something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an attempt to reconcile the need for industrial development with concern for the environment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was hard to reconcile his career ambitions with the needs of his children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to reconcile the facts with the judge's conclusion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are left with the problem of reconciling our religion with the modern view of women."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are still trying to reconcile the needs of the two groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "trying to find some way of reconciling the two conflicting views"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make people become friends again after an argument or a disagreement",
            "sensetop": "reconcile somebodyreconcile somebody with somebody",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The pair were reconciled after Jackson made a public apology.",
                    "contextForm": "reconcile somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has recently been reconciled with his wife.",
                    "contextForm": "reconcile somebody with somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody/yourself accept an unpleasant situation because it is not possible to change it",
            "sensetop": "reconcile somebody/yourself (to something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He could not reconcile himself to the prospect of losing her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No amount of designer labels could reconcile her to missing out on the trip."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "resign yourself to"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪl/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconcile__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪlz/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconciles__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪld/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconciled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconciling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪl/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconcile__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪlz/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconciles__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪld/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconciled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrekənsaɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/reconcile/reconciling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare ‘bring together’."
}