verb
Freq #5340
Meanings
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1
verb
To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement.
The two sides met to negotiate a peace deal.
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2
verb
To arrange or settle something through discussion.
We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
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3
verb
To get past or deal successfully with a difficult or dangerous obstacle.
The driver carefully negotiated the narrow mountain road.
Thesaurus
Word family
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”).