Negative vs. Plus
Negativeadjective
Not positive or neutral.
Negativeadjective
(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
Negativeadjective
(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
Negativeadjective
Denying a proposition.
Negativeadjective
Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
Negativeadjective
Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
Negativeadjective
Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
Negativeadjective
(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
Negativeadjective
Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
Negativeadjective
Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
Negativenoun
Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
Negativenoun
(law) A right of veto.
Negativenoun
(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
Negativenoun
(grammar) A word that indicates negation.
Negativenoun
(mathematics) A negative quantity.
Negativenoun
(weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
Negativenoun
The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Negativeverb
(transitive) To refuse; to veto.
Negativeverb
(transitive) To contradict.
Negativeverb
(transitive) To disprove.
Negativeverb
(transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize.
Negativeinterjection
An elaborate synonym for no.
Negativeadjective
Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; - opposed to affirmative.
Negativeadjective
Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; negative evidence; a negative morality; negative criticism.
Negativeadjective
Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.
Negativeadjective
Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.
Negativeadjective
Metalloidal; nonmetallic; - contrasted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.
Negativenoun
A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
Negativenoun
A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.
Negativenoun
The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
Negativenoun
That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.
Negativenoun
A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.
Negativenoun
The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Negativeverb
To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove.
Negativeverb
To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.
Negativeverb
To neutralize the force of; to counteract.
Negativenoun
a reply of denial;
Negativenoun
a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed
Negativeverb
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;
Negativeadjective
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features;
Negativeadjective
reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
Negativeadjective
having a negative electric charge;
Negativeadjective
expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
Negativeadjective
having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant;
Negativeadjective
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;
Negativeadjective
less than zero;
Negativeadjective
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions;
Negativeadjective
involving disadvantage or harm;
Pluspreposition
And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
Pluspreposition
(colloquial) With; having in addition.
Pluspreposition
And also; in addition; besides (which).
Plusnoun
A positive quantity.
Plusnoun
An asset or useful addition.
Plusnoun
(arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
Plusadjective
Being positive rather than negative or zero.
Plusadjective
Positive, or involving advantage.
Plusadjective
(physics) Electrically positive.
Plusadjective
(postpositive) (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
Plusverb
(informal) To add; to subject to addition.
Plusverb
(often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
Plusverb
To improve.
Plusverb
To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
Plusverb
(sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
Plusverb
(psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
Plusverb
(social media) To give a mark of approval on Google+.
Plusverb
(homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
Plusverb
(optometry) To increase a correction.
Plusadjective
More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; - opposed to minus.
Plusadjective
Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.
Plusnoun
a useful or valuable quality
Plusnoun
the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers;
Plusadjective
on the positive side or higher end of a scale;
Plusadjective
involving advantage or good;
