Meaning

9 senses
  1. Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

  2. An unfavorable point or characteristic.

  3. A right of veto.

  4. An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

    Negativfilm, Negativ

    негати́вnegatív

  5. A word that indicates negation.

    отрица́ниеotricánije

  6. A negative quantity.

    отрица́тельная величина́otricátelʹnaja veličiná

  7. A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

  8. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  9. A statement that something didn’t happen or doesn’t exist.

    You can’t prove a negative.

More definitions
  • a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
  • a reply of denial

Examples

381 sentences
  1. Don't be so negative.

    Не будь таким негативним. — deniko

    deSei nicht so negativ. — mauersegler

  2. The results are negative.

    Результати негативні. — Anjy

    ruРезультаты отрицательные. — marafon

  3. The lower your self-esteem, the more you tend to focus on negative things.

    Чим нижча твоя самооцінка, тим більше ти схильний концентруватися на негативі. — deniko

    ruЧем ниже ваша самооценка, тем больше вы склонны концентрироваться на негативных вещах. — villard85

    deJe niedriger das Selbstwertgefühl, desto mehr gibt man sich mit negativen Sachen ab. — raggione

  4. Why are you being so negative?

    ruПочему вы так негативно настроены? — marafon

  5. I don't want to be negative.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
photography:
grammar: word that indicates negation:
mathematics: negative quantity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
photography:

Origin

From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“tha

From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate.

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