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make peace

make peace verb: to end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.

Verb

make peace (third-person singular simple present makes peace, present participle making peace, simple past and past participle made peace)

  1. To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.
    • Both countries can rebuild now that they have made peace with each other.
    • He's finally made peace with his estranged father.
  2. (idiomatic) To settle a dispute or disagreement.
    • The committee made peace and agreed to go with the new plan.
  3. (idiomatic) To accept something, especially if it is considered unfavourable.
    • I've finally made peace with the fact that having diabetes means no more sugar.

make peace meaning in Bengali and Arabic

make peace in Bengali

শত্রুতা শেষ করা, একটি শান্তি চুক্তিতে পৌঁছানো, কোনো বিরোধ, মতপার্থক্য মীমাংসা করা, কোনো কিছু গ্রহণ, মেনে নেওয়া

make peace in Arabic

to end hostilities
سَالَمَ sālama, صَالَحَ ṣālaḥa

Synonyms of make peace

Forms of make peace

third-person singular presentmakes peace
present participlemaking peace
past participlemade peace
pastmade peace
alternative formmake one's peace

Questions about make peace

What does make peace mean?
Make peace means to end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.
What is make peace in Bengali?
Make peace in Bengali is শত্রুতা শেষ করা, একটি শান্তি চুক্তিতে পৌঁছানো, কোনো বিরোধ. See Make peace meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is make peace?
Make peace is a verb.
What is the past tense of make peace?
The past tense of make peace is made peace.

Words near make peace in the dictionary

  1. make out
  2. make out like a bandit
  3. make out of
  4. make out with
  5. make over
  6. make peace
  7. make pigs and whistles of
  8. make position
  9. make pretend
  10. make quick work of
  11. make right

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make peace (page history and authors); make peace (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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