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# diplomacy

«diplomacy» in Mova's school dictionary: **The work of governments talking to each other to keep…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (diplomacy — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The work of governments talking to each other to keep peace, make agreements and sort out problems between countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#m1)

2) Skill in dealing with people politely and carefully so that nobody gets upset; tact. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and social studies diplomacy is how countries settle quarrels without fighting; in everyday life it is the gentle way of saying hard things. Phrases: «use diplomacy», «a lot of diplomacy», «through diplomacy», «diplomacy failed».

### examples

- The two countries ended the quarrel through diplomacy, not war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x1)
- Ambassadors work in diplomacy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x2)
- Mum used diplomacy to stop my brother and me arguing over the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x3)
- It takes diplomacy to tell a friend their drawing needs work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x4)
- The teacher handled the fight with great diplomacy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x5)
- Diplomacy is better than fighting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x6)
- "Suppose I make use of a little diplomacy, and play him some sort of a trick!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Related words: diplomat (a person who does diplomacy), diplomatic (polite and careful; to do with diplomacy). Not the same as «democracy» (rule by the people), which sounds a little alike.

### In the corpora

- [Most quarrels between countries are settled by diplomacy, which means talking and making deals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diplomacy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomacy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.