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neg⋅a⋅tive

  [neg-uh-tiv] adjective, noun, adverb, verb, -tived, -tiv⋅ing, interjection
Use in the negative in a Sentence
–adjective
1. expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
2. refusing consent, as to a proposal: a negative reply to my request.
3. expressing refusal to do something: He maintained a negative attitude about cooperating.
4. prohibitory, as a command or order.
5. characterized by the absence of distinguishing or marked qualities or features; lacking positive attributes (opposed to positive ): a dull, lifeless, negative character.
6. lacking in constructiveness, helpfulness, optimism, cooperativeness, or the like: a man of negative viewpoint.
7. being without rewards, results, or effectiveness: a search of the premises proved negative.
8. Mathematics, Physics.
a. involving or noting subtraction; minus.
b. measured or proceeding in the direction opposite to that which is considered as positive.
9. Photography. noting an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightest areas are shown as the darkest.
10. Electricity.
a. of, pertaining to, or characterized by negative electricity.
b. indicating a point in a circuit that has a lower potential than that of another point, the current flowing from the point of higher potential to the point of lower potential.
11. Medicine/Medical. failing to show a positive result in a test for a specific disease caused by either bacteria or viruses.
12. Chemistry. (of an element or group) tending to gain electrons and become negatively charged; acid.
13. Physiology. responding in a direction away from the stimulus.
14. of, pertaining to, or noting the south pole of a magnet.
15. Logic. (of a proposition) denying the truth of the predicate with regard to the subject.
–noun
16. a negative statement, answer, word, gesture, etc.: The ship signaled back a negative.
17. a refusal of assent: to answer a request with a negative.
18. the negative form of statement.
19. a person or number of persons arguing against a resolution, statement, etc., esp. a team upholding the negative side in a formal debate.
20. a negative quality or characteristic.
21. disadvantage; drawback: The plan is generally brilliant, but it has one or two negatives.
22. Mathematics.
a. a minus sign.
b. a negative quantity or symbol.
23. Photography. a negative image, as on a film, used chiefly for making positives.
24. Electricity. the negative plate or element in a voltaic cell.
25. Archaic. a veto, or right of veto: The delegation may exercise its negative.
–adverb
26. (used to indicate a negative response): “You won't come with us?” “Negative.”
–verb (used with object)
27. to deny; contradict.
28. to refute or disprove (something).
29. to refuse assent or consent to; veto.
30. to neutralize or counteract.
–interjection
31. (used to indicate disagreement, denial of permission, etc.): Negative, pilot—complete your mission as directed.
—Idiom
32. in the negative, in the form of a negative response, as a refusal, denial, or disagreement; no: The reply, when it finally came, was in the negative.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L negātīvus denying (see negate, -ive ); r. ME negatif (n. and adj.) < MF < L as above

Related forms:
neg⋅a⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
neg⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, neg⋅a⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
6. uncooperative, antagonistic, hostile.
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Slang Dictionary
negative

  1. n.
    any drawback or bad thing about someone or something. : There are too many negatives associated with your plan.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

negative  (adj.)
c.1400, from O.Fr. negatif (fem. negative), 13c., from L. negativus, from negare (see deny). The electricity sense is from 1799. The noun is c.1380 in the sense "a prohibition;" in the photographic sense first recorded 1853. Negativism is 1824 as "the policy of opposition;" in a psychological sense, it is attested from 1892.
"Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason." [John Keats, letter, Dec. 21, 1817]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: neg·a·tive
Pronunciation: 'neg-&t-iv
Function: adjective
1 : marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal
2 : marked by features (as hostility or withdrawal) opposing constructive treatment or development
3 a : being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the electronis the elementary unit b (1) : having lower electrical potential and constituting the part toward which the current flows from the external circuit negative pole> (2) : being the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube
4 a : not affirming the presence of the organism or condition in question negative TB test> b : directed or moving away from a source of stimulation <negative tropism>
5 : having the light and dark parts in approximately inverse relation tothose of the original photographic subject —neg·a·tive·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

negative neg·a·tive (něg'ə-tĭv)
adj.

  1. Expressing, containing, or consisting of a negation, refusal, or denial.

  2. Marked by failure of response or absence of a reaction.

  3. Not indicating the presence of microorganisms, disease, or a specific condition.

  4. Moving or turning away from a stimulus, such as light.

  5. Relating to or designating an electric charge of the same sign as that of an electron.

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Science Dictionary
negative   (něg'ə-tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Less than zero.

  2. Having the electric charge or voltage less than zero.

  3. Devoid of evidence of a suspected condition or disease, as a diagnostic test.


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