negative
adjective/ˈneɡətɪv/
Слово англійською: negative
Переклад negative українською: запере́чний, негати́вний
Детальний опис
- bad or harmful
- The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
- Government cuts will have a negative impact on public services.
- The whole experience was definitely more positive than negative.
- containing a word such as ‘no’, ‘not’, ‘never’, etc.
- a negative form/sentence
- expressing the answer ‘no’
- His response was negative.
- They received a negative reply.
- considering only the bad side of something/somebody; having no enthusiasm or hope
- Scientists have a fairly negative attitude to the theory.
- The developers' proposal received negative feedback from neighbours.
- ‘He probably won't show up.’ ‘Don't be so negative.’
- negative about something She's been rather negative about the idea.
- negative in something He was too negative in his thinking.
- (abbreviation neg.)not showing any evidence of a particular substance or medical condition
- Her pregnancy test was negative.
- Negative results are not a guarantee of a safe water supply.
- He tested negative for HIV infection.
- (specialist) containing or producing the type of electricity that is carried by an electron
- a negative charge/current
- the negative terminal of a battery
- less than zero
- a negative trade balance
- The industry suffered negative growth (= a decline) throughout the decade.
- (of a photograph or an image) showing light and shade, or colours, in the opposite way to the original
- In a negative image of the photograph, dark is light and right is left.
bad
grammar
no
not hopeful
scientific test
electricity
number/quantity
image
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.