MEANING
to make conflicting ideas, findings, or positions consistent or compatible
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reconcile competing accounts
- reconcile findings
- reconcile theory with evidence
On the page
The chapter reconciles two apparently conflicting accounts.
Different sampling methods may help reconcile the findings.
The model cannot reconcile its predictions with the observed decline.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- reconcile / reconciles
- Past tense
- reconciled
- Past participle
- reconciled
- Present participle
- reconciling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reconcile / reconciles
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reconciling
- Present perfect
- have/has reconciled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reconciling
- Past
- reconciled
- Past continuous
- was/were reconciling
- Past perfect
- had reconciled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reconciling
- Future
- will reconcile / reconciles
- Future continuous
- will be reconciling
- Future perfect
- will have reconciled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reconciling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Explore related collections
Usage notes
Primary curation section: Academic. May involve explaining differences rather than eliminating them. Also means restoring friendly relations or accepting an unwelcome fact. reconcile; reconciles; reconciled; reconciled; reconciling. Related noun: reconciliation.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.