[ US /nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt, nɪˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /nɪɡˈə‍ʊʃɪˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. discuss the terms of an arrangement
    They negotiated the sale of the house
  2. succeed in passing through, around, or over
    The hiker negociated the high mountain pass
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How To Use negotiate In A Sentence

  • I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
  • As they negotiated the park gates and turned into the crowded thoroughfare, Patience sat, stiffly erect; inside, her emotions churned. A RAKE'S VOW
  • She was determined to renegotiate the second mortgage for another year. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
  • Second, if a Palestinian state is recognized along the 1967 lines in point of fact, nothing more than the 1949 armistice lines, this undermines UN Security Council Resolution 242 and 338 and the Camp David Accords, which call for a negotiated outcome and do not predetermine final boundaries. David Harris: Support Peace: Oppose Palestinian UN Gambit
  • The boundary treaty was negotiated between the two countries.
  • Spain blockaded Gibraltar for most of the last third of the 20th century (they gave up in 1984) and when the Blair government in Britain negotiated a co-dominium with Spain in 2002, but the locals had to be consulted, and the referendum rejected the proposal by 17,900 to 187. Eric Lurio: Thoughts on a Gibraltar Street Fair
  • The rugged terrain to be negotiated and the 32-km distance to be slogged from Eravikulam hut to Konalar fishing hut at a lower altitude of 1,889 m made the members sweat out in just five hours.
  • Now they can either award the deal to the lowest bidder or negotiate some kind of split.
  • With superb boatmanship he threaded the narrow, tortuous channel which no craft larger than a whaleboat could negotiate, until the shoals and patches showed seaward and they grounded on the quiet, rippling beach. A SON OF THE SUN
  • Her response is to renegotiate the boundaries between spiritual faith and worldly economies.
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