We arrived at a compromise.
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Compromise
//ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz//
Synonyms for "compromise" (179 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
diplomaticdiplomaticsdollar diplomacydollar imperialismduck responsibilityeisenhower doctrineencounter dangerendangerevade responsibilityexpansionismexpiationexpiatory offeringexposefencefix upforeign affairsforeign policygamblegamble withgive and take
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give waygive-and-takego fifty-fiftygolden meangood-neighbor policyhalf measureshalf-and-half measureshalfway measureshappy mediumharmonizehazardheal the breachimperialismimperilincur dangerindemnificationindemnityinternationalismisolationismjeopardjeopardizejeopardylay openmake a dealmake an adjustmentmake concessionsmaking amendsmaking goodmaking rightmaking upmanifest destinymarmeanmediate
Related words (89)
mediummeerschaummeet halfwaymenacemiddle coursemiddle groundmiddle of the roadmiddle waymilitarismmoderatenessmoderationmonroe doctrinenationalismneocolonialismneutral groundneutralismnixon doctrinenonresistanceopen dooropen-door policy
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pactpatch things uppeace offensivepeace offeringpeaceful coexistenceperilpiaculumplay havoc withplay politicspreparednesspropitiationput in dangerput in jeopardyput in tunequeerquittancerapereach a compromisereclamationrecompensereconcilereconciliationredemptionredressrelentreparationresolutionresolverestitutionrestore harmonyreuniteriskruinsatisfactionsettlesettle differencessettlementshirt-sleeve diplomacyshuttle diplomacysmooth it oversphere of influencespheres of influencesplit differencesplit the differencespoilsquaringstrike a balancestrike a bargainsurrendersynamphoterontake the meantermtermsthe big sticktough policytrade offtradeofftruman doctrineunderstandingvia mediaweave peace betweenworld politicsyieldyielding
Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
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10 entriesentails
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Translations
133 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Arabic
3 entries- تَسْوِيَة noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- حَل وَسَط noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- يخترق verb (to breach a security system)
Armenian
2 entries- կոմպրոմիս noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- փոխզիջում noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- güzəşt noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- nüfuzdan salmaq verb (to pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger)
Belarusian
1 entries- кампрамі́с noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Bulgarian
3 entries- компро́мис noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- постигам компромис verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
- търся компромис verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
Catalan
3 entries- compromís noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- cedir verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
- consensuar verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 妥協 /妥协 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 折衷 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 和解 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 妥協 /妥协 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 折中 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 折衷 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Czech
1 entries- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Danish
1 entries- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Dari
1 entries- مُصَالَحَه noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Dutch
1 entries- compromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompromiso noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Estonian
1 entries- kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Finnish
4 entries- kompromissi noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- sovitteluratkaisu noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- murtaa verb (to breach a security system)
- sopia verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
French
3 entries- compromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- concession noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- compromettre verb (to breach a security system)
Georgian
1 entries- კომპრომისი noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
German
4 entries- Ausgleich noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- Kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- eine Abmachung machen verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
- einen Kompromiss finden verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
Greek
2 entries- συμβιβασμός noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- συμβιβασμός verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
Hebrew
1 entries- פְּשָׁרָה noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Hindi
2 entries- समझौता noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- सुलह noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Hungarian
2 entries- kiegyezés noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- kompromisszum noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Indonesian
1 entries- kompromi noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- مُصالِحِه noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Italian
4 entries- compromesso noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- pattuire verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
- pattuire verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
- trovare un compromesso verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
Japanese
4 entries- 和解 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 妥協 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 折り合い noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- 折衷 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Kazakh
2 entries- мәміле noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- ымыра noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Korean
1 entries- 타협 noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- компромисс noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- ымала noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Latin
1 entries- compromitto verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
Latvian
1 entries- kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kompromisas noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Macedonian
1 entries- компромис noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Polish
1 entries- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Portuguese
4 entries- acordo noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- compromisso noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- concessão noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- meio-termo noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Romanian
1 entries- compromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Russian
4 entries- компроми́сс noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- идти́ на компроми́сс verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
- компромети́ровать verb (to breach a security system)
- скомпромети́ровать verb (to pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kompròmis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- компро̀мис noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Slovak
1 entries- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Slovene
1 entries- kompromis noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Spanish
4 entries- acuerdo noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- arreglo noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- avenencia noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- concesión noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Swedish
4 entries- kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- dagtinga verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
- förhandla verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
- komma överens verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
Tagalog
1 entries- kompromiso noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Tajik
3 entries- гузашт noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- мусолиҳа noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- созиш noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Turkish
4 entries- taviz noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- uzlaşma noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- ödün noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- anlaşmak verb (to bind by mutual agreement)
Ukrainian
1 entries- компромі́с noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Urdu
1 entries- سَمْجَھوتا noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Uzbek
2 entries- kompromiss noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- murosa noun (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thoả hiệp verb (to adjust and settle by mutual concessions)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
We have no choice but to compromise.
Source: tatoeba (22829)
The 12 countries of the European Community are working out a compromise on agricultural commodity prices.
Source: tatoeba (25656)
Finally, we found a point of compromise.
Source: tatoeba (30227)
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