negotiate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /nɪˈɡəʊ.si.eɪt/
- (America) IPA: /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
negotiate (negotiates, present participle negotiating; past and past participle negotiated)
- (intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
- 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."
- 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
- (transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
- We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
- The client and server computers must first negotiate a network protocol to be used.
- (transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.
- We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty.
- Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well.
- (transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
- (obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.
- (obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.
- French: négocier
- German: verhandeln
- Italian: negoziare
- Portuguese: negociar
- Russian: вести́ перегово́ры
- Spanish: negociar
- French: négocier
- German: aushandeln
- Portuguese: negociar
- Russian: догова́риваться
- Spanish: negociar
- French: négocier
- German: überwinden
- Russian: преодолева́ть
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