Negotiation
Meaning
Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
Pronunciation
UK nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃn
US nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃn
Example Sentences
- Every one of them is a quiet negotiation between an animal and the world watching it.
- Escape, it turns out, is less a victory over gravity than a negotiation with it, conducted at spectacular speed.
- This eternal sameness is not a coincidence but the result of a subtle gravitational negotiation.
Learn Negotiation in Context
Animals That Change Colour to Survive the DayA chameleon perched on a branch shifts from green to crimson in seconds, and it is not pretending to be a leaf at all. Most colour-changing animals use this trick for reasons far more interesting than...Read story 
Why the Moon Always Shows Us the Same FaceThe Moon has kept one face turned toward us for billions of years, like a dancer who never turns her back on the audience. This eternal sameness is not a coincidence but the result of a subtle gravita...Read story
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