irreconcilable

«irreconcilable» in Mova's school dictionary: Irreconcilable ideas, views or differences are so… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (irreconcilable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Irreconcilable ideas, views or differences are so different that they can never be made to agree. tree →

2) Irreconcilable people cannot become friends again after a quarrel. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal word used in news, law and history: countries with irreconcilable aims, couples with «irreconcilable differences» who divorce. In stories it shows that a quarrel will never be mended. Phrases: irreconcilable differences, irreconcilable views.

examples

• The two sides had irreconcilable views about the new road. tree →
• The brothers were irreconcilable after their quarrel. tree →
• Their irreconcilable differences ended the band. tree →
• The witnesses gave irreconcilable stories — they can't both be true. tree →
• The judge said the two facts were irreconcilable. tree →
• The countries' aims were irreconcilable, and war followed. tree →

note

Spelling: double r — ir-REC-on-CILE-able. Prefix «ir-» means «not»; «reconcile» means make friends or make agree. Formal; in speech say «can't be sorted out» or «will never agree». In logic: two irreconcilable statements cannot both be true.

In the corpora

• "Irreconcilable differences" is the official reason given for a divorce (US).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «irreconcilable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.