NEGATIVE


Meaning of NEGATIVE in English

I.

noun

1 denial

PHRASES

▪ in the ~

She answered the question in the ~.

2 developed photographic film

ADJECTIVE

▪ original

▪ enlarged

▪ photographic

▪ film , glass

… OF NEGATIVES

▪ strip

VERB + NEGATIVE

▪ produce

▪ develop , print

His interest in photography started with him developing ~s that he found lying around the house.

▪ scan

Pictures and ~s were scanned using a flatbed scanner.

▪ keep

We must assume that the spy kept the ~s.

▪ destroy

II.

adj.

1 only thinking about/showing sb/sth's bad qualities

VERBS

▪ be , feel , seem , sound

▪ become

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ decidedly , highly , profoundly , significantly ( esp. AmE ), strongly

Their attitude was highly ~.

the strongly ~ implications of these survey results

▪ completely , entirely , purely , totally , wholly

She spoke in entirely ~ terms.

▪ largely , overwhelmingly , predominantly

▪ increasingly

▪ overly

Some people have accused me of being overly ~.

▪ uniformly

Reaction to last night's attack was uniformly ~.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ apparently , seemingly

▪ essentially

Critical thinking is essentially ~ as it seeks to dissect and not to build.

▪ potentially

▪ generally

PREPOSITION

▪ about

He's been rather ~ about the idea.

2 showing that sth has not happened/been found

ADVERB

▪ falsely

VERBS

▪ be , prove , test

The antibody test proved ~.

He tested ~ for HIV infection.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

The urine tests were ~ for protein.

Negative is used with these nouns: ↑ answer , ↑ aspect , ↑ association , ↑ attitude , ↑ balance , ↑ comment , ↑ connotation , ↑ consequence , ↑ correlation , ↑ coverage , ↑ criticism , ↑ effect , ↑ emotion , ↑ energy , ↑ evaluation , ↑ expectation , ↑ experience , ↑ fashion , ↑ feedback , ↑ feeling , ↑ force , ↑ image , ↑ imagery , ↑ impact , ↑ implication , ↑ impression , ↑ influence , ↑ margin , ↑ message , ↑ mood , ↑ number , ↑ outcome , ↑ outlook , ↑ overtone , ↑ perception , ↑ portrayal , ↑ publicity , ↑ quality , ↑ reaction , ↑ reinforcement , ↑ relationship , ↑ repercussion , ↑ reply , ↑ report , ↑ reputation , ↑ resolution , ↑ response , ↑ result , ↑ return , ↑ review , ↑ sense , ↑ sentence , ↑ side , ↑ side effect , ↑ slant , ↑ slope , ↑ smear , ↑ spin , ↑ stance , ↑ stereotype , ↑ stimulus , ↑ symptom , ↑ tactic , ↑ term , ↑ test , ↑ thing , ↑ thought , ↑ tone , ↑ trait , ↑ trend , ↑ view , ↑ voltage , ↑ vote

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