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negatives

The correct spelling is negatives.

How to pronounce negatives

noun

Say it like: Neg-ati-ves

The correct spelling is negatives. Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
  2. 2.A right of veto.
  3. 3.An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
  4. 4.(grammar) A word that indicates negation.
  5. 5.A negative quantity.

verb

  1. 1.To refuse; to veto.
  2. 2.To contradict.
  3. 3.To disprove.
  4. 4.To make ineffective; to neutralize.

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