"come to terms with" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come to terms with.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to terms with [present, singular, third-person], coming to terms with [participle, present], came to terms with [past], come to terms with [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to terms with|head=come to terms with}} come to terms with (third-person singular simple present comes to terms with, present participle coming to terms with, simple past came to terms with, past participle come to terms with)
  1. (idiomatic) To resolve a conflict with. Tags: idiomatic Translations (resolve a conflict with): 化解 (huàjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 面對 (Chinese Mandarin), 面对 (miànduì) (Chinese Mandarin), selättää (Finnish), avir (Galician), leidar (Galician), scendere a patti con (Italian), llegar a un acuerdo (Spanish), avenirse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-come_to_terms_with-en-verb-DGCGuO6l Disambiguation of 'resolve a conflict with': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: come to grips with Translations (accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful): 接受 (jiēshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), vyrovnat se (Czech), hyväksyä (Finnish), se résigner à (French), se résoudre à (French), se faire une raison (French), დანებება (danebeba) (Georgian), συμβιβάζομαι (symvivázomai) (Greek), farsene una ragione (Italian), brać się za bary [imperfective] (Polish), wziąć się za bary [perfective] (Polish), aceptar (Spanish), förlika sig med (Swedish), dygymod (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-come_to_terms_with-en-verb-pRXwpXwD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful': 1 99

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful",
      "word": "დანებება"
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      "sense": "accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful",
      "word": "συμβιβάζομαι"
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      "sense": "accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful",
      "word": "farsene una ragione"
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      "sense": "accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful",
      "word": "aceptar"
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      "sense": "accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful",
      "word": "förlika sig med"
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