negative

Meaning of negative in English

Adjective

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 asno’, ‘not’, ornothing

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.
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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

Noun

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.

3. a negative attitude

4. a minus quantity

5. an absence of a particular disease or medical condition

false negatives
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6. negative electricity carried by electrons

7. a negative film or plate

Don't expose the negatives to the light.
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