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What (who) is negative - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Negative (disambiguation); Negative (band); Negative (electricity); Negatives; Negative (album); Negatively; Camera negative
negative
(negatives)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A fact, situation, or experience that is negative is unpleasant, depressing, or harmful.
The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative...
All this had an extremely negative effect on the criminal justice system.
? positive
ADJ
• negatively
This will negatively affect the result over the first half of the year.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
If someone is negative or has a negative attitude, they consider only the bad aspects of a situation, rather than the good ones.
When asked for your views about your current job, on no account must you be negative about it...
Why does the media present such a negative view of this splendid city?
? positive
ADJ
• negatively
A few weeks later he said that maybe he viewed all his relationships rather negatively.
ADV: usu ADV after v
• negativity
I loathe negativity. I can't stand people who moan.
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3.
A negative reply or decision indicates the answer 'no'.
Dr Velayati gave a vague but negative response...
Upon a negative decision, the applicant loses the protection offered by Belgian law...
? affirmative
ADJ
• negatively
60 percent of the sample answered negatively...
ADV: ADV after v
4.
A negative is a word, expression, or gesture that means 'no' or 'not'.
In the past we have heard only negatives when it came to following a healthy diet.
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5.
In grammar, a negative clause contains a word such as 'not', 'never', or 'no-one'.
ADJ
6.
If a medical test or scientific test is negative, it shows no evidence of the medical condition or substance that you are looking for.
So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.
...negative test results.
? positive
ADJ
7.
8.
In photography, a negative is an image that shows dark areas as light and light areas as dark. Negatives are made from a camera film, and are used to print photographs.
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9.
A negative charge or current has the same electrical charge as an electron.
Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.
? positive
ADJ
• negatively
As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.
ADV: ADV -ed
10.
A negative number, quantity, or measurement is less than zero.
The weakest students can end up with a negative score.
= minus
ADJ: usu ADJ n
11.
If an answer is in the negative, it is 'no' or means 'no'.
Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.
PHRASE: PHR after v
negative
negative
¦ abbreviation negative.
¦ noun (neg) informal a photographic negative.
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negative
¦ adjective
1. consisting in or characterized by the absence rather than the presence of something.
expressing or implying denial, disagreement, or refusal.
[often in combination] not having a specified substance or condition: HIV-negative.
Grammar & Logic stating that something is not the case. Contrasted with affirmative and interrogative.
[as exclamation] (especially in a military context) no.
2. undesirable or unwelcome.
pessimistic or discouraging.
3. (of a quantity) less than zero.
4. containing, producing, or denoting the kind of electric charge carried by electrons.
5. (of a photographic image) showing light and shade or colours reversed from those of the original.
6. Brit. relating to or denoting proposed legislation which will come into force after a specified period unless explicitly rejected in a parliamentary vote.
¦ noun
1. a word or statement expressing denial, refusal, or negation.
a bad or unwelcome quality or aspect.
2. a negative photographic image from which positive prints may be made.
¦ verb
1. reject, veto, or contradict.
2. render ineffective; neutralize.
Derivatives
negatively adverb
negativeness noun
negativism noun
negativist noun & adjective
negativistic adjective
negativity noun
Origin
ME: from late L. negativus, from negare (see negate).
negative
n.
exposed film
1) to develop a negative
phrase that rejects
2) in the negative (to reply in the negative)
expression that contains negation
3) a double negative
Examples of use of negative
1. "He goes negative when negative is required," says Wilhelm.
2. That negative perception can create a negative reality," Dergarabedian said.
3. "And the negative ads provide the downside." Negative campaigning is as old as the Republic.
4. That is, the results were good, so that the negative inflation had almost no negative effect.
5. There is always a positive in the negative, as there is a negative in the positive.