Communicate
Communicate verb - To cause (something) to pass from one to another.
Negotiate and communicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Negotiate" instead a verb "Communicate".
Negotiate
Negotiate verb - To bring about through discussion and compromise.
Communicate and negotiate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Communicate" instead a verb "Negotiate".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hard-Coded Hostility: In GURPS War Against The Chtorr, as in the novels it's based on, there is no way to communicate or negotiate with the alien ecosystem and giant man-eating worms invading and un-terraforming Earth.
Source: Tabletop Game / GURPS - Hope Spot: Barb discovers that Subject 20 is sentient and can communicate via the ship's computer system, and it seems she might be able to negotiate it into letting her and the others live.
Source: Film / Forbidden World
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