Verb
make peace (third-person singular simple present makes peace, present participle making peace, simple past and past participle made peace)
- 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.
- (idiomatic) To settle a dispute or disagreement.
- The committee made peace and agreed to go with the new plan.
- (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.
Translations
to end hostilities
- Arabic: سَالَمَ (sālama), صَالَحَ (ar) (ṣālaḥa)
- Catalan: fer les paus
- Dutch: vrede sluiten
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: tehdä rauha, tehdä sovinto
- French: faire la paix (fr)
- German: Frieden schließen
- Hebrew: הִשְׁלִים (he) (hishlím)
- Hungarian: kibékül (hu), békét köt, kiengesztelődik (hu), megbékél (hu), összebékül (hu)
- Italian: fare pace
- Maori: hohou rongo, hohou i te rongo
- Mongolian: эвлэрэх (mn) (evlerex)
- Polish: zawierać pokój impf, zawrzeć pokój pf
- Portuguese: fazer as pazes (pt)
- Russian: заключа́ть мир impf (zaključátʹ mir), заключи́ть мир pf (zaključítʹ mir), мири́ться (ru) impf (mirítʹsja), помири́ться (ru) pf (pomirítʹsja), примири́ться (ru) pf (primirítʹsja)
- Spanish: hacer las paces (es)
- Svan: խաղաղություն կնքել
- Turkish: barış yapmak (tr)
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