Dictionary entry details
• NEGOCIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Be successful; achieve a goal
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
bring off; carry off; manage; negociate; pull off
Context examples:
She succeeded in persuading us all / I managed to carry the box upstairs / She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it / The pianist negociated the difficult runs
Hypernyms (to "negociate" is one way to...):
bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Sell or discount
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
negociate securities
Hypernyms (to "negociate" is one way to...):
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
negociate a bond
Hypernyms (to "negociate" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The parties negociated all night
Hypernyms (to "negociate" 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 "negociate"):
renegociate; renegotiate (negociate anew)
treat (engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement)
horse-trade (negotiate with much give and take)
parley (discuss, as between enemies)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Discuss the terms of an arrangement
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
negotiate; talk terms; negociate
Context example:
They negotiated the sale of the house
Hypernyms (to "negociate" 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 "negociate"):
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 negociate
Sam wants to negociate with Sue
