reconcilable

/'rekənsailəbl/

Thân thiện

Her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Capable of being brought into agreement or harmony; able to be settled or resolved: Describes ideas, statements, positions, or differences that are not fundamentally opposed and can be made compatible. 2. Capable of restoring friendly relations: Describes a situation where people or groups in conflict can become friendly again.

Usage

The adjective "reconcilable" is used to describe a state where two or more seemingly different or conflicting things can be made consistent. It is often followed by the preposition "with." * It typically modifies abstract nouns like differences, views, statements, positions, ideas, goals, or facts. * It is commonly used in formal, academic, or diplomatic contexts to discuss compatibility.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Their political views are surprisingly reconcilable despite their public arguments.
  • The scientist argued that the new data was reconcilable with the existing theory.
  • The two companies found their business objectives to be reconcilable, leading to a successful partnership.

Advanced Usage

• "reconcilable with": This is the standard construction to show what something can be harmonized with.
  • Is such aggressive action reconcilable with the principles of peace?
• Negated form ("irreconcilable"): The much more common form is the negative "irreconcilable," meaning impossible to reconcile.
  • They had irreconcilable differences that led to their divorce.

Variants and Related Words

• Reconcile (verb): To restore friendly relations; to make compatible or consistent.
  • He tried to reconcile with his old friend.
• Reconciliation (noun): The act of reconciling or the state of being reconciled.
  • The peace talks aimed at national reconciliation.
• Irreconcilable (adjective): Impossible to reconcile; fundamentally incompatible.
  • Their accounts of the event were irreconcilable.

Synonyms

• Compatible: Able to exist or work together without conflict.
• Consistent: In agreement; not self-contradictory.
• Harmonious: Forming a pleasing or consistent whole.

Antonyms

• Irreconcilable: Impossible to bring into agreement.
• Incompatible: Incapable of existing together in harmony.
• Contradictory: Mutually opposed or inconsistent.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being reconciled
   • her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine