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# negotiation

«negotiation» in Mova's school dictionary: **talking with others to reach an agreement when you want…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a negotiation, negotiations; negotiation, uncountable); verb negotiate

### meaning for a pupil

1) Negotiation is talking with others to reach an agreement when you want different things, like deciding bedtime with your parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#m1)

2) Negotiations are formal talks between countries, companies or groups, for example to end a war or agree a price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#m2)

3) (informal) Negotiation can mean finding a way through or past something difficult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and citizenship lessons pupils learn to negotiate fairly instead of fighting; in news, peace negotiations and pay negotiations. Phrases: «open to negotiation», «peace negotiations», «after long negotiation».

### examples

- After some negotiation, we agreed to share the swing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x1)
- The price is open to negotiation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x2)
- Peace negotiations can take many months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x3)
- Good negotiation means both sides get something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x4)
- My bedtime is not up for negotiation, says Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x5)
- The teachers' union is in negotiations about pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x6)
- Negotiation is better than shouting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x7)
- The countries began negotiations to end the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x8)
- After a brief contest negotiations of a peaceful nature were entered into between Odysseus and his subjects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/#x9)

### note

Countable for formal talks (negotiations), uncountable for the skill. Say «nuh-go-shee-AY-shun». The verb is «negotiate». In maths money problems, negotiation can lower a price.

### Trees and pragmatics

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