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How to pronounce compromise in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms via media
Type of cooperation
Type Words
Type of accommodation


the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'.
Type Words
Type of expose, endanger, peril, queer, scupper


The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy.
Type Words
Type of agree
Has types give and take, whore


nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise.
Type Words
Type of determine, square off, square up, settle

Examples of compromise

compromise
They don't know how to compromise which is required in order to live peacefully.
From the latimes.com
Merck had insisted it would fight all 27,000 cases filed rather than compromise.
From the upi.com
House and Senate negotiators so far have not been able to work out a compromise.
From the foxnews.com
Look, this isn't to say that Lovie Smith should compromise his football beliefs.
From the dailyherald.com
So they are looking for a compromise between Islamic values and European values.
From the newsweek.com
Lowe has said that he would rather lose the election than compromise his values.
From the dailyherald.com
He voiced a willingness to compromise on once-ironclad protections for teachers.
From the latimes.com
Yesterday, there was a belief the stalemate will be resolved through compromise.
From the adelaidenow.com.au
The compromise would include about 60,500 Jefferson County residents in the 8th.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
  • A middle way between two extremes
  • An accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
  • Settle by concession
  • Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
  • (compromising) making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
  • To compromise is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand. In arguments, compromise is a concept of finding agreement through communication, through a mutual acceptance of termsu2014often involving variations from an original goal or desires.
  • The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions; A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right; To bind by mutual agreement; To find a way between extremes; To cause ...
  • (Compromised) Agents or assets who have been discovered and can no longer carry out their intelligence functions.