Collocations for "negative"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "negative" in context.
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negative
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a negative comment
- a negative [result, amount, figure]
- a negative [effect, impact] (on)
- a negative [person, student, customer, man, woman]
- is in a negative mood
- [has, is] a negative influence (on her)
- [give, receive, get] negative feedback
- (being) negative about the [chances, future, trip]
- there's no need to be so negative!
- stop being so negative!
- is [often, always] negative about
- slang: don't be a Negative Nancy
- I don't want to [be, appear] negative, but
- [expect, predict, report] negative growth
- [carry, have] a negative charge
- the test [came back, was] negative
- negative, [sir, captain]!
- photography: [printed, enlarged] from the negatives
- photography: [lose, store, keep, develop] the negatives
- [35mm, 5x7] negatives
- [color, black-and-white] negatives
- a [verb, response] in the negative
- only focused on the negative
'negative' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- aspect
- attitude
- attribute
- backlash
- balance
- blood
- body
- characteristic
- effect
- emotion
- evaluate
- feedback
- feeling
- flow
- forecast
- foster
- frame
- impact
- impression
- language
- magnet
- outcome
- outlook
- personality
- plague
- positive
- publicity
- reaction
- review
- rid
- sentiment
- sign
- specimen
- spin
- spirit
- state
- terminal
- thinking
- thought
- trait
- utterance
- vibe