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Traditional English :: negative
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negative - adj., n. & v. --adj. 1 expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer).
2 (of a person or attitude): a lacking positive attributes; apathetic; pessimistic. b opposing or resisting; uncooperative.
3 marked by the absence of qualities (a negative reaction; a negative result from the test).
4 of the opposite nature to a thing regarded as positive (debt is negative capital).
5 Algebra (of a quantity) less than zero, to be subtracted from others or from zero (opp. POSITIVE).
6 Electr. a of the kind of charge carried by electrons (opp. POSITIVE). b containing or producing such a charge. --n. 1 a negative statement, reply, or word (hard to prove a negative).
2 Photog. a an image with black and white reversed or colours replaced by complementary ones, from which positive pictures are obtained. b a developed film or plate bearing such an image.
3 a negative quality; an absence of something.
4 (prec. by the) a position opposing the affirmative.
5 Logic = NEGATION 6. --v.tr.
1 refuse to accept or countenance; veto; reject.
2 disprove (an inference or hypothesis).
3 contradict (a statement).
4 neutralize (an effect). in the negative with negative effect; so as to reject a proposal etc.; no (the answer was in the negative). negative evidence (or instance) evidence of the non-occurrence of something. negative feedback 1 the return of part of an output signal to the input, tending to decrease the amplification etc.
2 feedback that tends to diminish or counteract the process giving rise to it. negative geotropism see GEOTROPISM . negative income tax an amount credited as allowance to a taxed income, and paid as benefit when it exceeds debited tax. negative pole the south-seeking pole of a magnet. negative proposition Logic = NEGATION 6. negative quantity joc. nothing. negative sign a symbol (-) indicating subtraction or a value less than zero. negative virtue abstention from vice. negatively adv. negativeness n. negativity n. [ME f. OF negatif -ive or LL negativus (as NEGATE)] |
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Most Often Usage
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