negotiate

B1 Topic:Communication

US /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ UK /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5340

Meanings

1

verb
To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement.

The two sides met to negotiate a peace deal.
2

verb
To arrange or settle something through discussion.

We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
3

verb
To get past or deal successfully with a difficult or dangerous obstacle.

The driver carefully negotiated the narrow mountain road.

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Forms negotiatednegotiatesnegotiating

Derived forms misnegotiatenegotiabilitynegotiablenegotiationnegotiatornegotiatorynonnegotiatingprenegotiatedrenegotiateunnegotiated

Related forms otiose

Etymology

c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).

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# negotiate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 5340

## Meanings
1. To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement.
2. To arrange or settle something through discussion.
3. To get past or deal successfully with a difficult or dangerous obstacle.

## Examples
- The two sides met to negotiate a peace deal.
- We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
- The driver carefully negotiated the narrow mountain road.

## Derived Forms
- misnegotiate
- negotiability
- negotiable
- negotiation
- negotiator
- negotiatory
- nonnegotiating
- prenegotiated
- renegotiate
- unnegotiated

## Related Forms
- otiose

## Etymology
c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).

## AI Etymology
Negotiate is attested c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”). Modern senses include to discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement and to arrange or settle something through discussion. The wider word family includes derivatives such as misnegotiate, negotiability, negotiable, negotiation, negotiator, and negotiatory and related forms such as otiose.

## Topics
- Communication
- Business & Commerce

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