Meaning of negative in English
1. expressing refusal or denial; opposing or disapproving, not affirmative; no or not
a negative answer[reply]
a negative statement
2. Grammar, containing a word such as ‘no’, ‘not’, or ‘nothing’
a negative sentence
3. showing the absence of any positive character; lacking positive attributes; pessimistic
a negative attitude
You're too[so] negative about everything!
4. unpleasant or harmful
a negative side effects
Separation of Covid-infected mothers from babies has a negative effect on breastfeeding.
5. Mathematics, less than zero; minus
a negative quantity
a negative sign (ー)
Eight minus ten is[equals] negative[minus] two.
6. Science, containing or producing one of two opposite kinds of electrical charge carried by electrons
negative electricity
negative current
the negative pole
Why are protons positive, electrons negative and neutrons neutral?
7. Medicine, showing an absence of a particular disease or medical condition
HIV negative
Her pregnancy test was negative.
8. showing the lights and shadows reversed on a film or plate
a negative picture
a negative plate
1. a word or phrase expressing refusal or denial
No', 'not', or 'neither' are negatives.
2. a negative reply or statement
He answered in the negative. ー He said 'no'.
That’s a negative.
5. an absence of a particular disease or medical condition
false negatives
6. negative electricity carried by electrons
Don't expose the negatives to the light.