Definitions For Negative
noun
- A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
- A reply of denial
verb
- Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
- Something that is harmful or bad
- A word or statement that means “no” or that expresses a denial or refusal
- An image on film that is used to make a printed photograph and that has light areas where the photograph will be dark and dark areas where the photograph will be light ; also : the film that has such an image
adjective
- Involving disadvantage or harm
- Having a negative charge
- Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
- Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
- Less than zero
adjective
- Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
- Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
- Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
- Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
Examples of Negative in a Sentence
- Car exhaust has a negative effect on the environment.
- The negative effects of the drug
- The feedback about the new product was all negative.
- “No” and “not” are negatives.
- Can I have the negatives to make copies of the photos?
- Although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument
- We promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week
noun
- A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
- A reply of denial
verb
- Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
- Something that is harmful or bad
- A word or statement that means “no” or that expresses a denial or refusal
- An image on film that is used to make a printed photograph and that has light areas where the photograph will be dark and dark areas where the photograph will be light ; also : the film that has such an image
adjective
- Involving disadvantage or harm
- Having a negative charge
- Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
- Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
- Less than zero
adjective
- Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
- Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
- Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
- Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
- Car exhaust has a negative effect on the environment.
- The negative effects of the drug
- The feedback about the new product was all negative.
- “No” and “not” are negatives.
- Can I have the negatives to make copies of the photos?
- Although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument
- We promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week