NEGOTIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negotiate mean? 

• NEGOTIATE (verb)
  The verb NEGOTIATE has 2 senses:

1. discuss the terms of an arrangement

2. succeed in passing through, around, or over

  Familiarity information: NEGOTIATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGOTIATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they negotiate    ... he / she / it negotiates   
Past simple: negotiated   
Past participle: negotiated   
-ing form: negotiating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discuss the terms of an arrangement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

negociate; negotiate; talk terms

Context example:

They negotiated the sale of the house

Hypernyms (to "negotiate" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "negotiate"):

arbitrate; intercede; intermediate; liaise; mediate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences)

renegociate; renegotiate (revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor)

bargain; dicker (negotiate the terms of an exchange)

broker (act as a broker)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue negotiate
Sam wants to negotiate with Sue

Derivation:

negotiable (legally transferable to the ownership of another)

negotiable (able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise)

negotiant (someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement))

negotiation (a discussion intended to produce an agreement)

negotiator (someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Succeed in passing through, around, or over

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

negociate; negotiate

Context example:

The hiker negociated the high mountain pass

Hypernyms (to "negotiate" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

This would normally be a perfect new moon to negotiate a raise or better salary if you are accepting a new job.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“If no member of my family,” said Mrs. Micawber, “is possessed of sufficient natural feeling to negotiate that bill—I believe there is a better business-term to express what I mean—”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I won’t weary you with the account of how we bargained and negotiated.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Because they were papers that he could not negotiate.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.

(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, NCI Thesaurus)

You are wiser now, able to spot bargains, and can negotiate more skillfully for yourself.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In order to negotiate with him they have to get an interpreter, and they pitch upon this Mr. Melas, having used some other one before.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I cannot help thinking, said Mrs. Micawber, with an air of deep sagacity, that there are members of my family who have been apprehensive that Mr. Micawber would solicit them for their names.—I do not mean to be conferred in Baptism upon our children, but to be inscribed on Bills of Exchange, and negotiated in the Money Market.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Alternatively, you may be ready to sign an important contract you’ve been negotiating for weeks.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Having these planets in Capricorn will remind you to be realistic when negotiating a new position or a raise in your present position.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)