- bad or harmful
- The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
- Government cuts will have a negative impact on public services.
- The whole experience was definitely more positive than negative.
Extra Examples- Few patients reported any lasting negative consequences.
- On the negative side, the labour market is still weak.
- the strongly negative implications of these survey results
- Negative side effects of the drug can occur and include drowsiness and headaches.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- containing a word such as ‘no’, ‘not’, ‘never’, etc.
- a negative form/sentence
- expressing the answer ‘no’
- His response was negative.
- They received a negative reply.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- considering only the bad side of something/somebody; having no enthusiasm or hope
- Scientists have a fairly negative attitude to the theory.
- The developers' proposal received negative feedback from neighbours.
- ‘He probably won't show up.’ ‘Don't be so negative.’
- negative about something She's been rather negative about the idea.
- negative in something He was too negative in his thinking.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb1- The response from the critics was overwhelmingly negative.
- I don't have many negative comments to make about the movie.
- Reaction to last night's attack was uniformly negative.
- She spoke in entirely negative terms.
- Some people have accused me of being overly negative.
- Their attitude was highly negative.
- I don't want to sound unduly negative, but I simply couldn't see the point.
- We try to pinpoint the cause of any negative feelings.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- (abbreviation neg.)not showing any evidence of a particular substance or medical condition
- Her pregnancy test was negative.
- Negative results are not a guarantee of a safe water supply.
- He tested negative for HIV infection.
Extra Examples- 90 out of 100 patients with a negative result will not have the disease.
- The antibody test proved negative.
- The urine tests were negative for protein.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- falsely
- be
- prove
- test
- …
- for
- (specialist) containing or producing the type of electricity that is carried by an electron
- a negative charge/current
- the negative terminal of a battery
- less than zero
- a negative trade balance
- The industry suffered negative growth (= a decline) throughout the decade.
- (of a photograph or an image) showing light and shade, or colours, in the opposite way to the original
- In a negative image of the photograph, dark is light and right is left.
Extra Examples- Look at a bright light and look away, and you see the negative image of it.
- The artist creates an interplay of positive and negative space in acrylic.
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Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.
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