DOUBLE NEGATIVE

Meaning of DOUBLE NEGATIVE in English

noun

1. : a now substandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning (as in I didn't hear nothing meaning “I didn't hear anything”)

2. : a reiterated denial that equals an affirmative — compare negation

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 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 — 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
DOUBLE NEGATIVE — ˌdouble ˈnegative BrE AmE noun [countable] two negative words used in one sentence when only one is needed in correct …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
DOUBLE
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
DOUBLE
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 …
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