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negotiate

  • /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ UK
  • /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ UK
  • /nɪˈɡəʊ.si.eɪt/ UK
  • /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ Canada, US
  • /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ Canada, US
  • /nɪˈɡəʉ.ʃi.æɪt/ Australia
  • /nɪˈɡəʉ.si.æɪt/ Australia, uncommon

Where it comes from

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”).

verb negotiates · negotiating · negotiated · negociate

  1. 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 crisi

    Similar: treat

  2. transitive To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement. We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
  3. transitive To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigating a hazard or obstacle. We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty.
  4. transitive To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
  5. obsolete To transact business; to carry on trade. Jews, Turks, Armenians,[…]negotiating in this famous Emporium.
  6. obsolete To intrigue; to scheme. Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: negociate, talk terms, negotiation, treat, renegotiate, mediate, bargaining, transact, settle, bargain, obtain, trading, consultative, broker, consult, brokering

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verb confer to reach an agreement (intransitive)

Españolnegociar
한국어교섭하다 gyoseophada
日本語交渉する kōshō suru, 折衝する sesshō suru
中文談判 /谈判 tánpàn, 協商 /协商 xiéshāng, 交涉 jiāoshè
Portuguêsnegociar
Françaisnégocier
Deutschverhandeln
Italianonegoziare
Ελληνικάδιαπραγματεύομαι diapragmatévomai
Românădiscuta
Русскийвести́ перегово́ры vestí peregovóry, провести́ перегово́ры provestí peregovóry
Tiếng Việtthương thuyết, đàm phán, thương thảo, thương lượng, hiệp thương
العربيةتَفَاوَضَ tafāwaḍa

verb arrange a mutual agreement (transitive)

Españolnegociar
Portuguêsnegociar
Françaisnégocier
Deutschaushandeln
Ελληνικάδιαπραγματεύομαι diapragmatévomai
Русскийдогова́риваться dogovárivatʹsja, договори́ться dogovorítʹsja

verb to succeed in coping with, getting over

Françaisnégocier
Deutschüberwinden
Ελληνικάξεπερνάω xepernáo, περνάω pernáo
Русскийпреодолева́ть preodolevátʹ, преодоле́ть preodolétʹ

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@misc{negotiate_2026,
  title = {negotiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/negotiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}