negotiate
verbEtymology
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”).
- borrowed from negōtiātus
Definitions
To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
- We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.
- The client and server computers must first negotiate a network protocol to be used.
To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
- We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty.
- Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well.
- Novak Djokovic earlier had negotiated his own tricky passage through the fifth day.
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To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder
To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
To transact business
To transact business; to carry on trade.
- Jews, Turks, Armenians,[…]negotiating in this famous Emporium.
To intrigue
To intrigue; to scheme.
- Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman.
The neighborhood
- neighborotiose
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at negotiate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at negotiate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at negotiate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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