acquiesce
pronunciation
How to pronounce acquiesce in British English:
UK [ˌækwiˈes]
How to pronounce acquiesce in American English:
US [ˌækwiˈɛs]
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- Verb:
- to agree or express agreement
Word Origin
- acquiesce (v.)
- 1610s, from Middle French acquiescer (16c.), from Latin acquiescere "to become quiet, remain at rest," thus "be satisfied with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + quiescere "to become quiet," from quies (genitive quietis) "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)). Related: Acquiesced; acquiescing.
Example
- 1. The quicker they acquiesce to berlin , the quicker they can get their eurobonds .
- 2. My mother was abducted from the surface in order to love me , but you never acquiesce to demands like that .
- 3. Forcing the u. s. , china and other countries to acquiesce in this is the strategic objective it wants to realize .
- 4. If fidel 's successors fix the economy , cubans may acquiesce in their rule .
- 5. The american public might acquiesce to climate aid to china if it were sold as a kind of trade stimulus or partnership , however .