negotiate

verb

ni-ˈgō-shē-ˌāt How to pronounce negotiate (audio)
Definition of negotiatenext
1
as in to arrange
to bring about through discussion and compromise wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer

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2
as in to manage
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers

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3
as in to manipulate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls

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4
as in to deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate

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as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer

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Recent Examples of negotiate The deal was negotiated by Indie Rights CEO Linda Nelson and MJ Alhabeeb Jr. on behalf of Impavid Entertainment. — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025 In some areas, the current U.S. trade imbalance will influence negotiating. — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025 The president, however, swiftly reversed course on the levies on imports from Mexico and Canada, pausing the tariffs covered under a 2020 trade deal negotiated during his first administration until April 2. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025 During the meeting, Trump berated Zelensky, accusing him of insufficient gratitude for U.S. military support and pressuring him to negotiate a peace deal with Russia under terms dictated by the Trump administration. — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for negotiate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiate
  1. arrange
  2. manage
  3. manipulate
  4. deal
  5. execute
  6. conclude
  7. handle
  8. engineer
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  • Every morning, the monks gathered there, arranging themselves on the long stone benches, to discuss the matters of the day.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The institute once arranged for a Purim care package to be airdropped to a Jewish Coast Guard member 700 miles off the coast of Alaska, for example.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of arrange
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  • Gast said even with the new methodology, the Carnegie designations only manage to capture the scope of research at about half of the country’s universities.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Moving amongst the highest social circles in Britain, Jane managed to secure a place in the upper classes, only to lose her job with the Duchess after nine years of service.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of manage
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  • In Lynch’s festering neo-noir mystery from 1987, Hopper plays a chronic villain perpetually sipping from a tank of amyl nitrate and handing out hits as a way to manipulate his henchmen.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Mid-20th century, metafiction was all about producing a sort of free zone of uncertainty in the reader about whether they themselves might be caught within a story or the product of some author, or being manipulated by some storyteller at a higher ontological plane, a different plane of being.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of manipulate
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  • General Kellogg, a Highly Respected Military Expert, will deal directly with President Zelenskyy, and Ukrainian leadership.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These big tech company stocks stood there no matter what kind of shellacking the futures dealt us.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of deal
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  • Jonathan Vigliotti: Had that arrest warrant been executed, would Angela be here today?
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Lee executed a pitching wedge shot, looking for the ball to not carry much, but to roll down the fairway and reach the green.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of execute
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  • Safely reaching Earth concluded a trip that, for Williams and Wilmore, has garnered broad interest because of the unexpected nature of their extended stay in orbit and the dramatic turn of events that prevented them from returning home aboard the Boeing Starliner vehicle.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The tournament begins with the First Four games in Dayton, Ohio, and concludes with the championship showdown in San Antonio, Texas.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of conclude
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  • The company billed itself as a one-stop production shop that could carry content ideas all the way to development, with the infrastructure in place to handle marketing and distribution on its own.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The policy lays out a process for handling complaints, allows district administrators to implement the policy and directs questions about it to the superintendent.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of handle
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  • The first celebrated Le Brillant, one of its key styles introduced that year and partially inspired by the graphic lines of Pavillon Philips engineered by Le Corbusier.
    — Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Despite the cost-cutting, the company has struggled to engineer a turnaround.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
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