Meaning

(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
2. (transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
3. (transitive) To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
4. (transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
5. (obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.
6. (obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.

Example Sentences

1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., to the eight fellow clergymen who opposed the civil rights action, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait "You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue."

We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.

The client and server computers must first negotiate a network protocol to be used.

Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.[…]The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty.

Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well.

Novak Djokovic earlier had negotiated his own tricky passage through the fifth day.

Jews, Turks, Armenians,[…]negotiating in this famous Emporium.

Word Forms

• negotiates
• negotiating
• negotiated
• negociate

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When Should You Use Negotiate?

Use negotiate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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