2 VERB If you negotiate an area of land, a place, or an obstacle, you successfully travel across it or around it. □ [V n] Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup. □ [V n prep/adv] I negotiated my way out of the airport and joined the flow of cars. SYNONYMS negotiate VERB 1
bargain: They prefer to bargain with individual clients, for cash.
debate: At the moment we are debating what furniture to buy for the house.
discuss: The Cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.
ne|go |ti|at|ing ta|ble N‑SING If you say that people are at the negotiating table , you mean that they are having discussions in order to settle a dispute or reach an agreement. □ 'We want to settle all matters at the negotiating table,' he said.
ne|go|tia|tion ◆◆◇ /n I goʊ ʃie I ʃ ə n/ (negotiations ) N‑VAR Negotiations are formal discussions between people who have different aims or intentions, especially in business or politics, during which they try to reach an agreement. □ We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal. □ After 10 years of negotiation, the Senate ratified the strategic arms reduction treaty. SYNONYMS negotiation NOUN
discussion: There was a lot of discussion about the wording of the report.
debate: An intense debate is going on within the government.
bargaining: The government has called for sensible pay bargaining.
ne|go|tia|tor /n I goʊ ʃie I tə r / (negotiators ) N‑COUNT Negotiators are people who take part in political or financial negotiations. □ …the rebels' chief negotiator at the peace talks. □ The two American negotiators are calling for substantial cuts in external subsidies.
Ne|gro /niː groʊ/ (Negroes ) N‑COUNT A Negro is someone with dark skin who comes from Africa or whose ancestors came from Africa. [OFFENSIVE , OLD-FASHIONED ]
neigh /ne I / (neighs , neighing , neighed ) VERB When a horse neighs , it makes a loud sound with its mouth. □ [V ] The mare neighed once more, turned and disappeared amongst the trees. ● N‑COUNT Neigh is also a noun. □ The horse gave a loud neigh.
neigh|bour ◆◇◇ /ne I bə r / (neighbours ) in AM, use neighbor 1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Your neighbour is someone who lives near you. □ I got chatting with my neighbour in the garden.
2 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] You can refer to the person who is standing or sitting next to you as your neighbour . □ The woman prodded her neighbour and whispered urgently in his ear.
3 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] You can refer to something which stands next to something else of the same kind as its neighbour . □ Each house was packed close behind its neighbour.
neigh|bour|hood /ne I bə r hʊd/ (neighbourhoods ) in AM, use neighborhood 1 N‑COUNT A neighbourhood is one of the parts of a town where people live. □ It seemed like a good neighbourhood to raise my children.
2 N‑COUNT The neighbourhood of a place or person is the area or the people around them. □ He was born and grew up in the Flatbush neighbourhood of Brooklyn.
3 PHRASE In the neighbourhood of a number means approximately that number. □ He's won in the neighbourhood of four million dollars.
4 PHRASE A place in the neighbourhood of another place is near it. □ …the loss of woodlands in the neighbourhood of large towns.
neigh|bour|ing /ne I bər I ŋ/ in AM, use neighboring ADJ [ADJ n] Neighbouring places or things are near other things of the same kind. □ Rwanda is to hold talks with leaders of neighbouring countries next week. □ …the hotel's boutique and neighboring shops.
neigh|bour|ly /ne I bə r li/ in AM, use neighborly ADJ If the people who live near you are neighbourly , they are friendly and helpful. If you live in a neighbourly place, it has a friendly atmosphere. □ The noise would have provoked alarm and neighbourly concern. □ The older people had stopped being neighbourly to each other.
nei|ther ◆◆◇ /na I ðə r , niː ðə r /
1 CONJ You use neither in front of the first of two or more words or expressions when you are linking two or more things which are not true or do not happen. The other thing is introduced by 'nor'. □ Professor Hisamatsu spoke neither English nor German. □ The play is neither as funny nor as disturbing as Tabori thinks it is.
2 DET You use neither to refer to each of two things or people, when you are making a negative statement that includes both of them. □ At first, neither man could speak. ● QUANT Neither is also a quantifier. □ Neither of us felt like going out. ● PRON Neither is also a pronoun. □ They both smiled; neither seemed likely to be aware of my absence for long.
3 CONJ If you say that one person or thing does not do something and neither does another, what you say is true of all the people or things that you are mentioning. □ I never learned to swim and neither did they. □ I don't have all the answers and neither do you.
4 CONJ You use neither after a negative statement to emphasize that you are introducing another negative statement. [FORMAL ] □ I can't ever recall Dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee.
5 PHRASE If you say that something is neither here nor there , you mean that it does not matter because it is not a relevant point. □ 'I'd never heard of her before I came here.'—'That is neither here nor there.'
nem|esis /ne m I s I s/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft with poss] The nemesis of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment. □ Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.