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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kom-pruh-mahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz



Definition of compromising

Origin :
  • early 15c., "a joint promise to abide by an arbiter's decision," from Middle French compromis (13c.), from Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere "to make a mutual promise" (to abide by the arbiter's decision), from com- "together" (see com-) + promittere (see promise). The main modern sense of "a coming to terms" is from extension to the settlement itself (late 15c.).
  • verb give and take
  • verb put in jeopardy
Example sentences :
  • No—it's not in the least compromising for a girl to stay at the same hotel.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • "I ain't going to kiss him," the girl said by way of compromising.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • She was compromising him; it was with her that he would have liked to make a start.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Felicite was indeed right; his family took a pleasure in compromising him.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Melanie was too astute to indulge in any compromising whims.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • He might, indeed, have been safely trusted with the most compromising communications.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • "I'm sorry if I'm compromising you with your friends," she said at length.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • We fools are compromising the safety of all by quenching this light.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • If he tries to get the girl into a compromising situation, arrest him.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • I may be compromising other interests than my own by signing this.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

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