1. Discuss differences with others in an effort to reach an agreement.
2. Get through an obstacle or difficult route successfully.
3. Transfer or deal in a financial document in a legally recognized way.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- negotiate terms
- negotiate an agreement
On the page
The delegates negotiated terms throughout the evening.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- negotiate
- Past tense
- negotiated
- Past participle
- negotiated
- Present participle
- negotiating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- negotiate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are negotiating
- Present perfect
- have/has negotiated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been negotiating
- Past
- negotiated
- Past continuous
- was/were negotiating
- Past perfect
- had negotiated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been negotiating
- Future
- will negotiate
- Future continuous
- will be negotiating
- Future perfect
- will have negotiated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been negotiating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: negotiate; negotiates; negotiated; negotiated; negotiating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: negotiates.
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