negotiates
Sayni-GOH-shee-aytsUS/nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪts/UK/nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪts/AUS/nɪˈɡəʉ.ʃi.æɪts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of negotiate.
The union negotiates a new contract with management every three years.
A skilled driver negotiates icy roads with patience and steady steering.
Note
One spelling carries every use of negotiate: bargaining at a table, settling terms, and steering past an obstacle. Without an object it usually takes with (she negotiates with suppliers). With an object, that object can be the deal itself or a hazard (he negotiates a sharp bend). In finance, a bank that negotiates a bill passes it, with all its rights, to a new holder.
negotiates is a form of negotiate
negotiate, verb: To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement or settle on terms. Full entry
- Forms
- negotiatenegotiates he/she/itnegotiating -ing formnegotiated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- negotiate → negotiates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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