- diplomacy
- noun1 managing international relationsADJECTIVE▪ careful, shrewd▪ clever, deft, effective, skilful/skillful▪
It will take deft diplomacy to sustain the fragile momentum.
▪His skilful/skillful diplomacy has secured new European allies.
▪Effective trade diplomacy is vital.
▪ aggressive, coercive (esp. AmE), forceful▪He also wants more aggressive unilateral diplomacy.
▪Sanctions and coercive diplomacy have failed.
▪ gunboat▪What they could not take by political intrigue they took by gunboat diplomacy (= threatening military action).
▪ checkbook (AmE)▪The time for checkbook diplomacy is over.
▪ global, international, multilateral▪We will continue to seek solutions to the problems of this region through multilateral diplomacy.
▪ secret▪ personal▪Churchill's highly personal diplomacy in seeking a meeting with the Russians
▪ public (esp. AmE)▪the challenge to improve public diplomacy and define the country's message to the world
▪ cultural▪Cultural diplomacy between the two countries was an integral part of this development.
▪ traditional▪a crisis lying outside the scope of traditional diplomacy
▪ quiet▪The understanding between the two countries came about through quiet diplomacy.
▪ failed▪The raid followed years of failed diplomacy.
▪ preventive▪ shuttle▪a round of shuttle diplomacy between Washington and Brussels
▪ American, Anglo-French, European, Russian, US, etc.VERB + DIPLOMACY▪ use▪We prefer to use diplomacy rather than force to get people to move.
▪ conduct, pursue▪This was no way to conduct diplomacy.
▪She urged the leaders to pursue diplomacy.
DIPLOMACY + VERB▪ fail▪if diplomacy fails and combat is necessary
▪ work▪There's a familiar rule that diplomacy works best when backed by the threat of force.
PREPOSITION▪ by diplomacy, through diplomacy▪We must try and resolve this situation through diplomacy rather than conflict.
2 skill in dealing with peopleADJECTIVE▪ great▪ quietVERB + DIPLOMACY▪ have▪We need someone who has tact and diplomacy.
▪ exercise, show, use▪I thought you showed great diplomacy in dealing with him.
▪ try▪Kerry's willingness to try diplomacy holds out at least a hope of making progress.
▪ need, require▪Trying to get the divorced couple to agree calls for a great deal of diplomacy.
PREPOSITION▪ by diplomacy, through diplomacy▪The way forward in this situation is by diplomacy and negotiation.
▪ with diplomacy▪She handled the awkward situation with her usual quiet diplomacy.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
