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Complete Definition of "negative"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈnɛ(e)gəˌɾɪv/ (CA)
audio|en-us-negative.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

  1. not positive or neutral
  2. inherently damaging; undesirable
  3. electrical charge of an electron and related particles

Translations
trans-top|not positive
Arabic: Arab|سلبي IPAchar|(sálbi)
Chinese: 否定的 (fǒudìng de)
Dutch: negatief
Finnish: negatiivinen, kielteinen
French: négatif
German: negativ
Hebrew: he-translation|שלילי|shlilí m, he-translation|שלילית|shlilít f
Hungarian: negatív
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Italian: negativo
Japanese: 否定の (ひていの, hitei no)
Korean: 소극적인 (sogeukjeokin)
Portuguese: negativo
Russian: отрицательный (otricátel’nyj)
Spanish: negativo
Swedish: negativ
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trans-top|inherently damaging
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trans-top|electrical charge
Arabic: Arab|سلبي IPAchar|(sálbi)
Finnish: negatiivinen
French: négatif
German: negativ
Hebrew: he-translation|שלילי|shlilí m, he-translation|שלילית|shlilít f
Hungarian: negatív
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Italian: negativo
Portuguese: negativo
Russian: отрицательный (otricátel’nyj)
Spanish: negativo
Swedish: negativ
Telugu: ఋణాత్మక (ruNaatmaka)
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Noun
en-noun

  1. photography an image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse
  2. grammar a word that indicates negation
  3. mathematics a negative quantity
  4. weightlifting: A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

Translations
trans-top|photography
Finnish: negatiivi
Hebrew: he-translation|תשליל|tashlíl m, he-translation|נגטיב|negatív m
Italian: negativo m, negativa f
trans-mid
Polish: negatyw m
Russian: негатив (negatív) m
Spanish: negativo m
Swedish: negativ n
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trans-top|grammar
Finnish: kieltosana
Italian: negativa f
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Russian: отрицание (otricánije) n
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trans-top|mathematics
Finnish: negatiivinen luku
Hebrew: he-translation|שלילי|shlilí m
trans-mid
Italian: negativo m
Portuguese: negativo m
Russian: отрицательная величина (otricátel’naja veličiná) f
Spanish: negativo m
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Derived terms
negative repetition
negative Nancy
negativeness
negativity

Anagrams
agentive

Category:Energy
Category:Negative words|*


Italian

Noun
negative f

  1. plural of|negativa|lang=Italian

Swedish

Adjective
negative

  1. sv-adj-form-abs-def-m|negativ

af:negative
es:negative
fr:negative
io:negative
id:negative
it:negative
hu:negative
pl:negative
ru:negative
simple:negative
fi:negative
te:negative
vi:negative
tr:negative
zh:negative

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