negotiations
Sayni-goh-shee-AY-shuhnz/nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/UK/nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/
- 1Plural of negotiation.
The labor union entered negotiations with management over wages.
Diplomatic negotiations finally produced a ceasefire agreement.
Note
A plural that usually names one thing: a single extended round of talks, understood as a run of meetings and exchanges. The verb stays plural even then: negotiations are under way, have stalled, have resumed. The singular negotiation often works instead as an uncountable noun for the activity or skill itself, as in a gift for negotiation, where the plural would sound wrong.
negotiations is a form of negotiation
negotiation, noun: The process of reaching an agreement through discussion between two or more parties. Full entry
- Forms
- negotiationnegotiations plural
- Spelling
- negotiation → negotiations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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