NEGATIVE

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negative I. adjectiv

1. negativ;

negative answer răspuns negativ;

negative criticism critică negativă.

2. (mat., fiz., fot.) negativ.

3. nerodnic, steril.

4. neizbutit, lipsit de succes.

5. (amer.) defetist.

negative II. substantiv

1. negaţie, negare; cuvânt sau răspuns negativ, declaraţie negativă;

he returned a negative a dat un răspuns negativ;

(în documente oficiale) the answer is in the negative răspunsul e negativ, nu se acceptă, nu se aprobă;

it was decided in the negative propunerea a fost respinsă.

2. calitate negativă, lipsă;

his character is made up of negatives, he is a bundle of negatives are o seamă de trăsături negative.

3. (gram.) negaţie, particulă negativă;

two negatives make an affirmative două negaţii fac o afirmaţie.

4. (mat.) cantitate negativă, termen negativ.

5. (fot., poligr.) negativ.

6. (parl.) drept de veto.

7. (electr.) pol negativ.

negative III. verb tranzitiv

1. a respinge, a nu accepta, a refuza; a dezminţi.

2. a contrazice (o afirmaţie); a combate (un argument).

3. (amer.) a opune un veto (cuiva), a nu confirma (un candidat propus).

4. a neutraliza; a anula, a anihila.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

One of the gentlemen, Mr. Eshton, observing me, seemed to propose that I should be asked to join them; but Lady Ingram instantly negatived the notion.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

His daughter's request, for such it might be considered, of being admitted into her family again before she set off for the North, received at first an absolute negative.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

She was answered in the negative.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

She thanked Miss Crawford, but gave a decided negative.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

This allele, which encodes MIR22 pre-miRNA, may play a role in the negative regulation of gene expression.

(MIR22 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Well, I’ll come out by the same train to-morrow, though it’s more than likely that my report will be a negative one.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It classifies patients into five groups with significantly different disease-free and overall survival and grades pathological remission in both the primary tumor and the axillary lymph nodes, with comparison of negative nodes with those that have already responded to chemotherapy.

(Miller and Payne Classification, NCI Thesaurus)

On her side, all was warmth, energy, and triumph—and she positively refused to take her friend's negative, though Miss Fairfax continued to assure her that she would not at present engage in any thing, repeating the same motives which she had been heard to urge before.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I hope I did right in not saying anything of it to Mrs. Westenra; I should never forgive myself if any act of mine, were it even a negative one, brought harm on poor dear Lucy.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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