negotiate
//nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- negotiate
- past (v2)
- negotiated
- past participle (v3)
- negotiated
- present participle
- negotiating
- 3rd person singular
- negotiates
Definitions
1.To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
2.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.
3.To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
- 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.
4.To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2993
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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”).