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compromise English

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compromise Noun

— A compromise is an agreement in which everyone gets only some of what they wanted. The two parties who were arguing came to a compromise. — Compromise is the act making this type of agreement. Compromise is difficult, but without it, most deal will never happen. — Something between two different things. A split level house is a compromise between a ranch house and a multistorey house.

compromise

— noun a middle way between two extremes — verb make a compromise; arrive at a compromise nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise — verb settle by concession — noun an accommodation in which both sides make concessions the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it 'business as usual' — verb expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy

Synonyms compromise synonyms

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compromise English » English

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Topics compromise topics

What do people use compromise to talk about?
Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone

  • What words refer to two people compromising?
    compromise

Conjugation compromise conjugation

How do you conjugate compromise?

compromise · verb

Examples compromise examples

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Simple sentences

You always get your own way, don't you? You never have to compromise.
We have no choice but to compromise.
The agreement was a product of compromise between the two governments.
I had to compromise on this point.
We tried to compromise with them.
We tried to come to a compromise with them.
The Congress accepted the compromise.
Tom seems to be unwilling to compromise.
Tom could tell that it would be impossible to reach a compromise with Mary.
Don't compromise your vision to acquire funding.
It's against my rules to compromise.
Finally we reached a compromise.
Only a Sith would appreciate the lack of compromise inherent in a prime number.
In 1997 they reached a compromise.
He had refused to compromise on the issue.
A compromise was reached.
The compromise was accepted.
The two sides finally agreed on a compromise.
Relationships involve compromise.
Let's compromise.

Movie subtitles

Prejudice! Compromise!
She wants to compromise you.
Compromise, anyway.
Compromise?
We have the lowest unemployment and the highest federal grants, but - - I've had to compromise.
There's no compromise with the truth.
There's no place out there for graft or greed or lies, or compromise with human liberties.
He did not compromise Jane.
Avenel found himself in a terrible spiral of compromise and masonic favors, from which he terribly tried to escape. Avenel found himself in a terrible spiral of compromise and masonic favors, from which he terribly tried to escape.
What I want to suggest is a compromise on both sides.
At last, when we were all worn out we hit a compromise his price.
Many men in my position would have hesitated to compromise, or gone into business on a small scale.
I suppose from that day on I began to-- to compromise. always with the one hope in the back of my mind that somehow, someday. I'd win out on my own.
Why don't you compromise?
Of course We could compromise.
We'll compromise at, uh, 32.
Yes, we'll compromise at 38.
What does it come to? Compromise.
Can't compromise with utter defeat.
I didn't say we want to. What I want to suggest is a compromise on both sides.
Chiefly middle. It's a master at the art of collaboration and compromise.
I have decided to forgive everything, so let me bury it all deep in my heart, and let us compromise a little.
So to compromise, you both stay away.
I didn't say we want to. What I want to suggest is a compromise on both sides. A settlement for a certain sum, a part of the policy value.
It was a compromise.
There comes a point when one more compromise would have ruined the music.
Even a simple country boy like me knows that it's difficult to compromise theory and reality.
She allowed no compromise?
I wonder if you wouldn't consider a compromise in a case such as I happened to hear of recently.
Margo's not been exactly a compromise.
Playwrights everywhere would give their shirts for that compromise. Now just a minute..
Getting paid to compromise a woman?
Refusal to compromise.
And I'm Reynardo the thief, the opportunist, full of compromise and lies.

News and current affairs

Yet, while the two parties now seem irreconcilable, it is not too late for compromise.
As with any compromise, the contending parties would both gain and lose from this arrangement.
Small wonder: the American public is fiercely resistant to anything that seriously forces them to compromise on their energy-burning, gas-guzzling lifestyle.
The overwhelming - and sensible - expectation is that the two parties will compromise and raise the debt ceiling before inflicting serious economic and financial dislocations.
Two scenarios for the timing of an interim compromise are possible, depending on whether it is a one- or two-step process.
But he was unable to improve the situation or help Iraq's Shias and Sunnis reach a political compromise.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, there is Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter's compromise proposal.
As is always the case in peace negotiations, both sides must be willing to compromise.
Political posturing and outlandish claims foreclosing any possibility of compromise?
If politics is defined as the art of compromise, Arafat was a master of it at the Palestinian and Arab levels.
Whether or not he was solely to blame, a true opportunity for historical compromise was missed at Camp David in August 2000, and he himself acknowledged it a year later.
Of course, moderates on both sides would prefer as much land and room to maneuver as possible, but they prefer a negotiated compromise aimed at ending the violence.
Compromise on their side if met by extremism on the other would incite disaster.
Compromise is therefore difficult even among moderates: it requires a belief that moderation on one side will be met by moderation on the other.
The lack of forward movement stems not just from disagreement over goals, but also from the inability of a divided Palestinian leadership to compromise.
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.
Some believe a political compromise between Republicans and Democrats can be reached before the 2012 election; others suggest an agreement is more likely after the election.
A compromise would allow both parties to declare partial victory, for it would likely entail commitments to cut spending and some steps to make taxation more socially just.
America's friends around the world watched with dismay the recent brawl in over raising the federal government's debt ceiling, and the US Congress's inability to come to anything like a balanced and forward-looking compromise.
The interim deal is Iran's first compromise on its nuclear program in more than a decade, and a diplomatic victory in a field long overshadowed by the looming cloud of military intervention.
As we discuss our differences, neither of us will compromise our principles.
Negotiation, compromise, and accommodation are the marks of economic politics, where every deal has its price.
Both sides have substantially reduced their options, thereby limiting the possibility of a diplomatic compromise.

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