(n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
(n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
(n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
(n.) To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
(n.) To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
(n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
(v. i.) To agree; to accord.
(v. i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is likely that trunk mobility is necessary to maintain integrity of SI joint and that absence of such mobility compromises SI joint structure in many paraplegics.
(2) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
(3) Steroids are not recommended because they may compromise defenses against an underlying disease process.
(4) The dose response effect in this tumor is steep and combinations which compromise the dose of adriamycin too greatly are showing inferior results.
(5) Furthermore, renal function in the elderly patient with CHF is markedly compromised.
(6) The compromised ice sheet tilts and he sinks into the Arctic Sea on the back of his faltering white Icelandic pony.
(7) The technique did not compromise cancer resection, excessively prolong operating time, or alter postoperative management.
(8) Patients treated with ciprofloxacin may need added coverage for anaerobes, but the drug's excellent activity against nosocomial pathogens and its availability in oral form allow for an early change to oral therapy without compromising effectiveness coupled with added savings and convenience.
(9) The blood flows of the kidneys, small intestine, liver, spleen and skin were less compromised in group ABC.
(10) This adverse treatment side effect has been implicated in the anorexia of cancer and can compromise the quality of patients' lives.
(11) The trust was a compromise hammered out in the wake of the Hutton report, when the corporation hoped to maintain the status quo by preserving the old BBC governors.
(12) "This crowd of charlatans ... look for one little thing they can say is wrong, and thus generalise that the science is entirely compromised."
(13) The 24% overall response rate suggests no compromise in activity on this schedule, with a significant reduction in toxicity.
(14) An equivalent maximum growth response of rats fed L-methionine or N-acetyl-L-methionine was obtained when the total dietary sulfur amino acids compromised 0.36-0.41% of the diet.
(15) Obama will meet with Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow as well, but US envoy George Mitchell has had no luck in recent weeks trying to persuade Netanyahu to compromise on the settlements.
(16) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
(17) If the Labour leader has his way, into the dustbin of history will go the "electoral college", the spatchcocked compromise that was a product of the Bennite wars of the 1980s.
(18) 2. beta-adrenoceptor blocking compounds, which are frequently used as first-line therapy in hypertension, may compromise blood flow to vital organs in view of the fact that they reduce cardiac output both acutely and during long-term treatment.
(19) In repeated reconciliation talks overseen by the UN, the ineffectual GNA has so far failed to reach a political compromise with its Tobruk-based rivals in the east, noticeably Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army.
(20) The spin-spin relaxation time T2 may be estimated using multiecho pulse sequences, but the accuracy of the estimate is dependent on the fidelity of the spin-echo amplitudes, which may be severely compromised by rf pulse and static field imperfections.
Settle
Definition:
(n.) A seat of any kind.
(n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
(n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
(n.) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
(n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
(n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
(n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
(n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
(n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
(n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
(n.) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
(n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
(n.) Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
(n.) To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
(v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
(v. i.) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
(v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
(v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
(v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
(v. i.) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
(v. i.) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
(v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
(v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation.
(v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
(v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.
Example Sentences:
(1) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
(2) To settle the case, Apple and the four publishers offered a range of commitments to the commission that will include the termination of current agency agreements, and, for two years, giving ebook retailers the freedom to set their own prices for ebooks.
(3) Her speech suggested the kind of Republican who would truly "raise the conversation", and if it seems like settling to want an opposition party to simply not be so utterly vindictive, well, yes, I will settle for that.
(4) Twellman has steadily grown in confidence as he settles into his role, though whether as a player or as an advocate he was never shy about voicing his opinions.
(5) This causes a time lag, with money continuing to be taken until the SLC is made aware that the debt has been settled.
(6) The flattening of neutrophils occurred soon after settling, and was not followed by extension.
(7) Everton ended with 10 men after Seamus Coleman limped off with all three substitutes deployed but there was no late flourish from a visiting team who, with Fernando replacing Kevin De Bruyne after the Irish defender’s departure, appeared content to settle for 1-2.
(8) The issue of a beneficial effect of calcium channel blockers on human coronary atherosclerosis is however not yet settled.
(9) After the action-packed opening two innings the Cardinals, and particularly Wainwright, settled and the runs dried up.
(10) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.
(11) The angiographic aspect settle them to established correlation between functional and non functional tumors: the formers characteristic "blush", agreeding in fact with the initial phase of the growth, increase in a monstruous "pseudoangiomatous" aspect in the laters.
(12) Labor’s left faction is yet to settle its position on the politically controversial issue of turning back asylum-seeker boats , ahead of the party’s national conference at the end of the month.
(13) This might be because they have not been paid and are motivated by a desire to loot, as well as to settle old and new scores with the opposing force.
(14) Once they are settled and their roots are heading down to more secure sources of water, ease back.
(15) The starting premise of the remain campaign was that elections in Britain are settled in a centre-ground defined by aversion to economic risk and swung by a core of liberal middle-class voters who are allergic to radical lurches towards political uncertainty.
(16) Plasma HPL settled at a constant level during the last few weeks before labor.
(17) Mistakes in maternity care account for a third of the £1bn a year the NHS has to spend settling medical negligence claims.
(18) In 1995 8,000 people whose lives were ruined by the Montserrat volcano settled in Britain.
(19) According to spokesman Vladimir Markin, the murder was either a set-up by the opposition to use Nemtsov as a “sacrificial victim”, a personal issue, a settling of scores between radical groups fighting on either side of the Ukraine conflict, or an act of Islamic terrorism.
(20) Okay, that number 8 ranking isn’t incredibly impressive but it’s much better than, say, settling for a NIT bid and then (hilariously) losing in the first round .