kind of compromise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkindandcompromise
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kind
noun[C]
uk/kaɪnd/us/kaɪnd/
a group with similar characteristics, or a ...
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compromise
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒm.prə.maɪz/us/ˈkɑːm.prə.maɪz/
an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order ...
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(Definition ofkindandcompromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Perhaps the appeal of this novel to different generations of middle-class readers has something to do with thekindofcompromiseit imagines.
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Evidently, this approach carries akindofcompromise.
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Grotowski was a man of great vision, great courage, unwilling to make anykindofcompromise.
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Thiskindofcompromiseis achieved by minimizing the maximum of two criteria, fixing it to the best value, and then minimizing the minimum of the two criteria.
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If you look at the functions of this body, again you see the samekindofcompromise.
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It represents also an unhappykindofcompromise.
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That was part and parcel of thekindofcompromisearrived at in regard to the matter.
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The first is to find somekindofcompromise.
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Trying to replace the present right of appeal with an alternative right of individual review would be an unsatisfactorykindofcompromise.
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It may be that somekindofcompromisemeasure can be found, but we are saying that an examination should be made.
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In our big ships we have akindofcompromise.
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They are almost unanimously in favour of thiskindofcompromise.
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We were led by the press to understand that a similarkindofcompromiseagreement was to he reached on steel.
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He should not confuse genuine compromise from an independent position with thekindofcompromisethat means selling one's side down the river.
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I thought it was akindofcompromise.
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This has been cleared up now with a reasonablekindofcompromise.
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I am tempted to believe that there should be somekindofcompromise.
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It is no use trying to make thatkindofcompromisein these circumstances.
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We already have akindofcompromise.
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I hope that the result, which is akindofcompromise, will be successful in all its work.
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