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  1. come to termsverb

    to reach an agreement or settle a dispute.

  2. come to termsverb

    See come to terms with.

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  1. come to terms

    to understand and accept ones personal conflict with a tragic or traumatic emotional event such as a grieving loss from death or unmercifully taken from oneself.

    "He has yet to come to terms with the loss of his children."


    Submitted by anonymous on June 24, 2014  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of come to terms in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of come to terms in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of come to terms in a Sentence

  1. Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn:

    I'm happy Judge Alito survived these unwarranted attacks. I'm also sorry that his family had to be subjected to them, as well. At some point, however, we as a committee will need to come to terms with our confirmation process. The current regime treats Supreme Court nominees more like piñatas than human beings. And that's something none of us should be willing to tolerate.

  2. Yulia Skripal:

    We are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination. Our recovery has been slow and extremely painful, as I try to come to terms with the devastating changes thrust upon me both physically and emotionally, I take one day at a time and want to help care for my Dad till his full recovery. In the longer term I hope to return home to my country.

  3. Ursula Le Guin:

    You must come to terms with your wholeself. the wholeness which exceeds all our virtue and all our vice.

  4. George Clooney:

    When you talk about ‘ Making America Great Again, ’ America being great everyone assumed was the Eisenhower ‘ 50s, and it was great if you were a white, straight male, but other than that it probablywas n’tso great, it’s fun to lift up that curtain and look underneath that thin veneer and see some of the real problems that this country has yet to completely come to terms with.

  5. President Barack Obama:

    That is not something that we have ever fully come to terms with.

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