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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.
EXPANDcharacterized 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.
COLLAPSELogic. (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., especially a team upholding the negative side in a formal debate.
20.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSEArchaic. a veto, or right of veto: The delegation may exercise its negative.
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Negatived
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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
Idiom31.
(used to indicate disagreement, denial of permission, etc.): Negative, pilot—complete your mission as directed.
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; < Latin negātīvus denying (see negate, -ive); replacing Middle English negatif (noun and adj.) < Middle French < Latin as above
1350–1400; < Latin negātīvus denying (see negate, -ive); replacing Middle English negatif (noun and adj.) < Middle French < Latin as above
Related forms
neg·a·tive·ly, adverb
neg·a·tive·ness, neg·a·tiv·i·ty, noun
non·neg·a·tiv·i·ty, noun
qua·si-neg·a·tive, adjective
qua·si-neg·a·tive·ly, adverb
Synonyms
6. uncooperative, antagonistic, hostile.
6. uncooperative, antagonistic, hostile.
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Word Origin & History
negative
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;"
EXPANDin a psychological sense, it is attested from 1892.
COLLAPSE
"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]
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Medical Dictionary
negative neg·a·tive (něg'ə-tĭv)
adj.
Expressing, containing, or consisting of a negation, refusal, or denial.
Marked by failure of response or absence of a reaction.
Not indicating the presence of microorganisms, disease, or a specific condition.
Moving or turning away from a stimulus, such as light.
Relating to or designating an electric charge of the same sign as that of an electron.
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Science Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
negative definition
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