Vocabulary
Reconcile
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
settle (a quarrel).
Urdu meaning
ملاپ کرنا، ہم آہنگ کرنا، مصالحت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- How does one reconcile all this?
- We must reconcile ourselves to the new reality.
- We must reconcile ourselves to the new reality.
- The notion that Pakistan enjoys unprecedented freedom of expression, as claimed by the IT minister, is difficult to reconcile with the reality of such restrictions.
- When Zia sacked the Junejo government he couldn`t reconcile with the exercise of powers by even his own chosen prime minister and dissolved parliament as if on cue, Nawaz Sharifrebelled against his party leader and ousted Junejo.
Synonyms
reunite, bring (back) together (again), restore harmony between, make peace between
Antonyms
estrange, alienate
Curator example
“advice on how to reconcile the conflict”
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