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negative
Adjective
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If something is negative, it is harmful, sad, or otherwise not good.
You can believe or not believe, that there's a positive and negative side to everything.
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If a word, sentence, answer, etc. is negative, it uses a word like no, not, never, etc.
Can't is the negative form of can.
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If someone is a negative person or has a negative attitude, they mainly think about bad things.
Her negative attitudes were the result of a hard life.
We were all depressed by his negative comments.
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If a test result is negative, the test did not find what it was testing for.
There's nothing to worry about. The HIV test is negative.
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A negative electrical charge is one carried by an electron.
Attach the wire to the negative pole of the battery.
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A negative number or value is less than zero.
A positive number multiplied by a negative number results in a negative.
The Celsius scale of temperature is not absolute since negative values are possible.
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A negative symptom is one where something is missing. Usually this is for schizophrenia.
His negative symptoms included not speaking and not showing emotion.
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Based on something not being there, not being true, or being reversed, in some other way.
I tie-bleached my shirt to make a negative image, then tie-dyed it to add a positive image.
There were negative rules, telling us what not to do, as well as positive ones telling us what to do.
negative
Noun
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A negative is a photographic image with reversed colours (e.g., black instead of white).
Prints are then made from the negatives, and in the case of the B&W I may either tint or tone the final print.
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A negative is a word, sentence, answer, etc. that means no.
When I asked if we could go next week, the answer was a negative.
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A negative is something that is harmful, sad, or otherwise not good.
Right now in Korea there is a negative connected with anything Japanese.
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A negative is a test result that did not find what it was testing for.
In out test group there were 20 negatives and only one positive.
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A negative is a small picture with the colors inverted. Negatives are made on film, then photographs are made from the negatives.
We saved the negatives and used to make more pictures later.
bit
Noun
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A bit is an amount, usually a small amount.
There's quite a bit of money. Where did it all come from?
There was a little bit of blood when she brushed her teeth.
Her mouth opened just a tiny bit.
I'm a little bit nervous.
She saw the shop a bit farther up the road.
She slowed down a little and then a bit more until someone saw her.
I see him quite a bit.
At the second practice, I was a little bit more ready.
He felt quite a bit older.
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A bit is a small piece of something.
Try not to have bits of cake on the floor when you eat.
He listened to her as Mary told bits and pieces of her story.
Scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pot.
The car was blown to bits by the bomb.
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A bit is a short time.
I'm going to relax for a bit.
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A bit is the amount of information coded by a 1 or a 0 in a computer.
Even the best 24-bit scanners suffer from noise.
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A bit is a sharp tool that spins to make holes.
Drill a hole slightly smaller than your hook with a 1/16-inch drill bit.
Slide the router bit into the slot, turn on the motor and guide the tool along the jig.
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A bit is a metal bar that people put in a horse's mouth to control it.