Significato di negative in italiano

• 0 with the meaning ‘no’ or ‘not’ -- negativo

  • We received a negative response to our request. Abbiamo ricevuto una risposta negativa alla nostra richiesta.

• 1 not hopeful or not interested -- negativo

  • She has a negative attitude to her work. Ha un atteggiamento negativo nei confronti del suo lavoro.

• 2 A negative sentence or phrase is one that contains a word such as ‘not’, ‘no’, ‘never’, or ‘nothing’. -- negativo

  • ‘I’ve never seen him in my life’ is a negative sentence. “Non l’ho mai visto in vita mia” è una frase negativa.

  • ‘Don’t’ and ‘do not’ are negative forms of ‘do’. “Don’t” e “do not” sono forme negative di “do”.

• 3 A negative effect is bad and causes damage to something. -- negativo

  • Terrorism has had a negative effect on tourism in the region. Il terrorismo ha avuto un effetto negativo sulla regione.

• 4 A negative number is less than zero. -- negativo

• 5 a piece of film from which a photograph is made -- negativa

• 6 meaning or saying ’no’; denying something -- negativo

  • a negative answer.

• 7 expecting to fail -- negativo

  • a negative attitude.

• 8 less than zero -- negativo

  • –4 is a negative or minus number.

• 9 having more electrons than normal -- negativo

  • The battery has a negative and a positive terminal.

• 10 a word etc by which something is denied -- negazione

  • ‘No’ and ‘never’ are negatives.

• 11 the photographic film, from which prints are made, on which light and dark are reversed -- negativo

  • I gave away the print, but I still have the negative.