HOW TO PRONOUNCE
reconcile
/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/
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Keep the primary stress on “rec.”
Use three syllables with a lighter middle vowel. The final c sounds like s, and the ending has the long i vowel of mile with secondary stress.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“They hoped to reconcile their different accounts.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does reconcile mean?
verb
- To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
- To make things compatible or consistent.
- To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛkənˌsaɪl/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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See this word in context.
In that, there seemed a faint expression of curiosity or perplexity--as though he were trying to reconcile some doubts in his mind.
Influenced by the Hegelian ideas, Proudhon began to look for it in a superior synthesis, which should reconcile the thesis and antithesis.
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If you think some person is vexed with you, it is a sign that you will not shortly reconcile some slight misunderstanding.
If he really sought to reconcile himself like a dutiful branch, he must be forgiven for having dismembered himself from the paternal tree.
She tried to praise Penelope, and said that it was not to be expected that she could reconcile herself at once to everything.