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Monday, September 21, 2009

3.38 Negative

Word
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Definition
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negative
/'nɛgətɪv/
  1. If something is negative, it is harmful, sad, or otherwise not good.
  2. If a word, sentence, answer, etc. is negative, it uses a word like no, not, never, etc.
  3. If someone is a negative person or has a negative attitude, they mainly think about bad things.
  4. If a test result is negative, the test did not find what it was testing for.
  5. (technical) A negative electrical charge is one carried by an electron.
  6. A negative number or value is less than zero.
  7. (psychology) A negative symptom is one where something is missing. Usually this is for schizophrenia.
  8. Based on something not being there, not being true, or being reversed, in some other way.
negate
negation
negatively

8 comments:

  1. Lauver (2002) randomly assigned middle school Students to either a program provide the information because they require high risk for students who identify themselves as having negative views.

    Japanese; hitei teki

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  2. Owing to the lack of skilled staff and economic resources, traditional libraries are not always able to adequately collect, classify, record, preserve and store prints and negatives of historical importance.
    Spanish: Negativo

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  3. negative ['negətiv]

    adj. 否定的, 负的, 消极的
    n. 底片, 负数, 否定
    vt. 否
    Having the areas of light and dark in their original and normal relationship, as in a photographic print made from a negative.定

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  4. The article deprecates their negative attitude.

    Korean : 소극적인,적대적인,부정적인

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  5. Yet despite the negative effects, these mothers were more likely to use conditional affection with their own children.

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  6. Here's 10 strategies on how to deal with negative people.
    Italian: Negativo

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  7. He is a bundle of negatives.
    Russian: отрицательный

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  8. He gave me a negative answer.

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