DOUBLE NEGATIVE

Meaning of DOUBLE NEGATIVE in English

ˌdouble ˈnegative BrE AmE noun [countable]

two negative words used in one sentence when only one is needed in correct English grammar, for example in the sentence ‘I don’t want nobody to help me!’

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

DOUBLE NEGATIVE — noun Date: 1827 a now nonstandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — noun 1. : a now substandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning (as in I didn't …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — Date: 1827 : a now nonstandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning “I didn't hear nothing” …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — Function: noun Date: 1827 : a now nonstandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning < “ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — ■ noun Grammar 1》 a negative statement containing two negative elements (e.g. he didn't say nothing ), regarded as incorrect …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — [double negative] n (1827): a now substandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning ""I didn't hear …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — noun ( grammar ) a negative statement containing two negative words. 'I didn't say nothing' is a double negative because …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. ˈnegəd.iv, -ətiv adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French negatif, from Latin negativus, from negatus + -ivus -ive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — — negatively , adv. — negativeness, negativity , n. /neg"euh tiv/ , adj., n., adv., v., negatived, negativing , interj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. ˈne-gə-tiv adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. : marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal received a negative answer also …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEGATIVE — noun the refusal or withholding of assents; veto. 2. negative ·noun a word used in denial or refusal; as, not, …
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
NEGATIVE — [neg.a.tive] adj (15c) 1 a: marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal "received a ~ answer"; also: marked by absence, withholding, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEGATIVE — photographic image that reproduces the bright portions of the photographed subject as dark and the dark parts as light areas. …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — / ˈnegətɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective BAD 1. bad or harmful : The crisis had …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. neg ‧ a ‧ tive 1 S2 W2 AC /ˈneɡətɪv/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . BAD harmful, unpleasant, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEGATIVE — adj., n. & v. --adj. 1 expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEGATIVE — adj., n. & v. adj. 1 expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — adj., n. & v. --adj. 1. expressing or implying denial, prohibition, or refusal (a negative vote; a negative answer). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab
NEGATIVE — ( negatives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A fact, situation, or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — ( doubles, doubling, doubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEGATIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad/negative image ▪ It’s difficult to explain why the industry has such a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a double bed (= a bed for two people ) ▪ Would you like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — [verb]The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. [T]Company profits have doubled since …
Cambridge English vocab
NEGATIVE — Synonyms and related words : Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abjuratory, abnegate, abnegation, abnegative, abolish, abrogate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Janus-like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — n. double barreled double cross double dealer double dealing double distilled double dog dare double dome double dyed double edged …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: TWOFOLD 1, bifold, binary, double-barreled, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex 2 Synonyms: TWIN , dual, paired …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NEGATIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a negative reply : OPPOSING, opposed, contrary, anti-, dissenting, dissentient; saying no, in the negative. stop being …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEGATIVE — adj. 1 contradictory, anti, contrary, dissenting, dissentious, disputing, disputatious, argumentative, adversarial, adversative, antagonistic, antipathetic, adverse, US adversary He has adopted …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled The forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n 2 folded …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NEGATIVE — 1. прил. 1) а) отрицательный, негативный negative voice give smb. a negative answer negative approach to life negative flag б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. ≈ 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEGATIVE — negative.ogg 1. ʹnegətıv n 1. 1> отрицательный ответ; несогласие to answer in the negative - ответить отрицательно the answer is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOUBLE — 1. ʹdʌbl n 1. двойное количество to take the double of what is due - взять вдвое больше, чем положено …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NEGATIVE — 1) отрицательная пластина; отрицательный вывод ( электронного прибора или элемента ) 2) негатив, негативное изображение 3) отрицательная величина || отрицательный …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
NEGATIVE — 1) отрицательная пластина; отрицательный вывод (электронного прибора или элемента) 2) негатив, негативное изображение 3) отрицательная величина || отрицательный 4) рассеивающий (о линзе) • - assembled …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
NEGATIVE — 1) минусовый 2) негатив 3) негативный 4) отрицание 5) отрицательная величина 6) отрицательный 7) отрицательный ответ 8) противоположный • color separate negative — цветоделенный негатив game with negative payoffs — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NEGATIVE — negative прил.1) а) отрицательный, негативный - negative voice - give smb. a negative answer - negative approach to life - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NEGATIVE — 1. ʹnegətıv n 1. 1> отрицательный ответ; несогласие to answer in the negative - ответить отрицательно the answer is in …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. ʹdʌbl n 1. двойное количество to take the double of what is due - взять вдвое больше, чем положено …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NEGATIVE — 1. прил. 1) а) отрицательный, негативный - give smb. a negative answer - negative approach to life - negative flag …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. — 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NEGATIVE — 1. прил. 1) а) отрицательный, негативный - give smb. a negative answer - negative approach to life - negative flag - negative voice б) безрезультатный, не давший …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. — 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, номер на двоих …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NEGATIVE — 1. _a. 1> отрицательный; to give smb. a negative answer - ответить кому-л. отрицательно; a negative approach to life - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOUBLE — 1. _n. 1> двойник 2> дубликат, дублет 3> прототип 4> _pl. _спорт. парные игры (напр., в теннисе) - mixed doubles …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NEGATIVE — 1. a. 1. отрицательный; to give smb. a negative answer - ответить кому-л. отрицательно; a negative approach to life - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLE — 1. n. 1. двойник 2. дубликат, дублет 3. прототип 4. pl. спорт. парные игры (напр., в теннисе) - mixed doubles …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 2) двойная сумма 3) дубликат, копия • double allegiance, double citizenship, double nationality — двойное гражданство double answer — двусмысленный ответ double …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
NEGATIVE — 1. _a. 1> отрицательный; to give smb. a negative answer ответить кому-л. отрицательно; a negative approach to life пессимистический взгляд …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DOUBLE — 1. _n. 1> двойник 2> дубликат, дублет 3> прототип 4> _pl. _спорт. парные игры (напр., в теннисе); mixed doubles игра …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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