compromise

US /ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz/

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UK /'kɒmprəmaɪz/

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To weaken your position or views

Do not compromise your beliefs just to be like someone else

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To lessen your demands so as to reach agreement

I think we can compromise a little so we can make agree on a contract

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)When you lessen your demands to get agreement

We made a compromise so we could work together

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To put something at risk or in danger

If I accept your offer, it will compromise my career as a lawyer

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To cause to be vulnerable or function less effectively.

The security of the system was compromised

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And this plaque build-up will compromise
And this plaque build-up will compromise

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If you replace them with circular or smooth rocks, they would slide over each other and compromise the strength of the track ballast.
If you replace them with circular or smooth rocks, they would slide over each other and compromise the strength of the track ballast.
The stones in the track ballast greatly contribute to keeping out vegetation that could compromise the structure and strength of the track.
The stones in the track ballast greatly contribute to keeping out vegetation that could compromise the structure and strength of the track.

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Peace requires compromise, but we will never ask Israel to compromise its security.
Peace requires compromise, but we will never ask Israel to compromise its security.
to compromise its security.
to compromise its security.

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to work on a collaborative basis, not because we're going to compromise our principle, but
to work on a collaborative basis, not because we're going to compromise our principle, but

09:17

And what we do is we don't compromise to our style.
And what we do is we don't compromise to our style.

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This is a list of cultural relationship issues that without compromise have created many fights, ongoing arguments, resentment and even hate leading some married couples into divorce.
This is a list of cultural relationship issues that without compromise have created many fights, ongoing arguments, resentment and even hate leading some married couples into divorce.
But these days in our current apartment we reach more or less a compromise on in the summer and off in the winter, fortunately due to our newer style concrete apartment building in Tokyo A.
But these days in our current apartment we reach more or less a compromise on in the summer and off in the winter, fortunately due to our newer style concrete apartment building in Tokyo A.

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To insist that they choose independently might actually compromise both their performance and their relationships.
To insist that they choose independently might actually compromise both their performance and their relationships.

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I mean, if they want to increase the spiciness, go for it, but will that compromise the flavor?
I mean, if they want to increase the spiciness, go for it, but will that compromise the flavor?

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Because at the same time in America, the same messages are coming out, the same kind of things he was hearing there, that he needs to compromise, he might even need to resign, that sort of thing.
Because at the same time in America, the same messages are coming out, the same kind of things he was hearing there, that he needs to compromise, he might even need to resign, that sort of thing.