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Синонимический ряд:1. denied (verb) contradicted; contravened; crossed; denied; gainsaid; impugned; traversed2. neutralized (verb) annulled; canceled out or cancelled out; counteracted; frustrated; negated; neutralized; redressed3. vetoed (verb) blackballed; killed; turn down; vetoed -
6 negatived, to, be
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8 experiments negatived his theory
Общая лексика: опыты опровергли его теориюУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > experiments negatived his theory
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9 the Lords negatived the bill
Общая лексика: палата лордов забаллотировала законопроектУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the Lords negatived the bill
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10 the senate negatived the proposed taxation
Общая лексика: предложения по налогообложению были отклонены сенатомУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the senate negatived the proposed taxation
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11 the Senate negatived the proposed taxation
English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > the Senate negatived the proposed taxation
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1. [ʹnegətıv] n1. 1) отрицательный ответ; несогласиеthe answer is in the negative - ответ отрицательный; ≅ я не согласен, я против
the negative won the debate - противники предложения /законопроекта, проекта резолюции и т. п./ одержали верх в прениях
2) отказ, отклонениеit was decided in the negative - вопрос был решён отрицательно, предложение было отклонено, просьба была отвергнута
2. принцип или положение, выраженные в отрицательной формеit's hard to prove a negative - построенное на отрицании положение трудно доказать
3. отрицательная черта, сторона, недостаток, минус; отрицательный факт4. арх. запрет, вето5. грам.1) отрицание, отрицательная частица2) отрицательное предложение6. мат. отрицательная величина7. эл. отрицательный полюс, катод8. фото негатив9. в грам. знач. междометия нет; не так; неверно (особ. в разговоре по телефону)2. [ʹreıgətıv] a1. отрицательныйnegative sign - знак минус [см. тж. 2]
negative quantity - а) отрицательная величина; б) разг. шутл. ничто, «пустое место»
negative vote - отрицательный результат голосования, отклонение голосованием (предложения, кандидатуры)
negative voice - голос против; возражение, протест
negative trade balance - эк. пассивный торговый баланс
negative acceleration - тех. отрицательное ускорение, замедление
negative air pressure - тех. давление воздуха меньше атмосферного, отрицательное давление
2. негативный, безрезультатныйthe experiments proved negative - опыты оказались безрезультатными /дали отрицательный результат/
negative sign - показатель отсутствия (чего-л.) [см. тж. 1]
negative report - воен. донесение об отсутствии противника
3. 1) невыразительны, бесцветныйa negative character /personality/ - бесцветная /бесхарактерная, серая/ личность
2) отрицательный, дурной4. негативный, нигилистический; пессимистический, (огульно) отрицающийnegative criticism - уничтожающая /разносная/ критика; критиканство
5. фото негативный, обратный ( об изображении)6. мед. разг. резус-отрицательный (тж. Rh-negative)3. [ʹnegətıv] vthe mother is negative but I'm not sure about the father - у матери отрицательный резус, а об отце я не уверен
1. делать тщетным; сводить на нет; нейтрализоватьto negative an effect - нейтрализовать действие, свести на нет эффект
to negative all efforts [attempts] - сделать тщетными все усилия [попытки]
2. отклонять путём голосования (резолюцию, кандидатуру); забаллотироватьthe senate negatived the proposed taxation - предложения по налогообложению были отклонены сенатом
3. амер. налагать вето, запрет; не утверждать; отменять4. 1) отклонять, отвергатьto negative a request - отклонить просьбу; отвергнуть требование
2) опровергатьto negative a hypothesis [an inference] - опровергнуть гипотезу [вывод]
to negative a statement - возражать против какого-л. утверждения, отрицать правильность утверждения
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14 rechazar
v.1 to reject.el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruptionEllos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.2 to push away (repeler) (a una persona).3 to reject (medicine) (órgano).4 to clear (sport).el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.6 to refuse to.Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.7 to turn one's back on.8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.* * *1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back3 MEDICINA to reject* * *verb1) to reject, decline2) refuse* * *VT1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject* * *verbo transitivoa) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn downb) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulsec) (Med) < órgano> to reject* * *= condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.----* cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.* rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.* rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.* rechazarse = go by + the board.* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.* rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.* rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.* rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.* rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.* rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.* * *verbo transitivoa) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn downb) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulsec) (Med) < órgano> to reject* * *= condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.* cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.* rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.* rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.* rechazarse = go by + the board.* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.* rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.* rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.* rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.* rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.* rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.* * *rechazar [A4 ]vt1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn downla moción fue rechazada the motion was defeatedrechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriagese sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse3 ‹luz› to reflect4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject* * *
rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
rechazar verbo transitivo
1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
(oferta, contrato) to turn down
2 Med (un órgano) to reject
3 Mil to repel
' rechazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
- declinar
- negar
- definitivamente
- desechar
- despreciar
- plano
English:
beat off
- brush off
- decline
- defeat
- deny
- disallow
- dismiss
- fend off
- fight off
- head-hunt
- offer
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- repulse
- shun
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- sweep aside
- turn away
- turn down
- ward off
- wave aside
- fend
- fight
- hand
- over
- parry
- rebuff
- repel
- throw
- turn
- ward
- wave
* * *rechazar vt1. [no aceptar] to reject;[oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject2. [negar] to deny;el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency3. [órgano] to reject;el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;[a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack5. Dep to clear;el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play* * *v/t reject; MIL repel* * *rechazar {21} vt1) : to reject2) : to turn down, to refuse* * *rechazar vb to reject / to turn down -
15 μὴ οὐ
μὴ οὐ is used of an apprehended neg.:I with finite forms of the Verb, after Verbs expressing fear or apprehension (cf.μή B. 8
):a mostly with subj., , cf. Hdt.6.9, Th.3.53,57, Pl.Men. 89d, etc.: after hist. tenses, with opt.,ἠθύμησάν τινες ἐννοούμενοι μὴ οὐκ ἔχοιεν ὁπόθεν λαμβάνοιεν X.An. 3.5.3
, etc.: with [tense] fut. opt. representing [tense] fut. ind. in orat. obliq.,μὴ οὐκ ὀρθῶς αὐτὸ ποιήσοις Pl.Euthphr. 15d
.b with ind., , cf. Pl.La. 196c, Alc.2.139d.2 without introductory Verb, with subj.,μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ Il.1.28
, cf. 566, E.Tr. 982; also to suggest hesitation, perhaps (cf.μή B. 9
),μὴ οὐ τοῦτο ᾖ τὸ χρηστήριον Hdt.5.79
, cf. Pl.Phd. 67b, Smp. 194c, 214c, etc.: also with ind., μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσαμεν Id.Men. 89c.3 μή is sts. doubled, irregularly, forμὴ οὐ, ἐθαύμαζε δ' εἴτις.. φοβοῖτο, μὴ ὁ γενόμενος καλὸς κἀγαθὸς.. μὴ τὴν μεγίστην χάριν ἔχοι X.Mem.1.2.7
, cf. Th.2.13.II after a neg. expressed or implied:1 c. inf.,a after Verbs of hindering, denying, avoiding, needing, when these Verbs are themselves negatived or questioned, οὐκέτι ἀνεβάλλοντο μὴ οὐ τὸ πᾶν μηχανήσασθαι they no longer hesitated to try every expedient, Hdt.6.88, cf. 8.100, 119; τί δῆτα μέλλεις μὴ οὐ γεγωνίσκειν; A.Pr. 627, cf. S.Aj. 540, Ar.Ach. 320, X.Cyr.1.4.2, 4.3.8, Pl.Euthd. 304c, D.24.24;οὐκ ἀνατίθεμαι μὴ οὐ καλῶς λέγεσθαι Pl. Men. 89d
, cf. Phd. 87a;πολλοῦ δέω μὴ οὐ δύο γε φεύγειν Id.Euthd. 297b
; τίνος ἐνδέομεν μὴ οὐ πανσυδίᾳ χωρεῖν; E.Tr. 797 (anap.); after ὥστε, Hdt.8.57: with the Art., , cf. 918, S.OT 283, E.Ph. 1176;αὐτὴν οὐ μισοῦντ' ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι Ar.Av.37
; τοῖς θεοῖς οὐδὲν ἂν ἔχοιμεν μέμψασθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχί .. X.Cyr.7.5.42, cf. Pl.Phlb. 13a, etc.; cf.μή B. 5b
.b after Verbs and phrases signifying impossibility, impropriety, reluctance, when not negatived,ἄνδρα δ' οὐκ ἔστι μὴ οὐ κακὸν ἔμμεναι Simon.5.10
;δεινὸν ἐδόκεε εἶναι μὴ οὐ λαβεῖν Hdt.1.187
; , cf. 3.51, 7.5; , cf. Th.8.60;αἰσχύνη ἦν μὴ οὐ συσπουδάζειν X.An.2.3.11
;αἰσχρόν ἐστι μὴ οὐκ ἄλλας πληγὰς ἐμβάλλειν τῷ υἱεῖ Id.Lac.6.2
; οὐδεὶς οἷός τ' ἐστὶν ἄλλως λέγων μὴ οὐ ( nemo potest non)καταγέλαστος εἶναι Pl.Grg. 509a
: after an implied neg.,μὴ οὐχὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ ἐλέγχειν μαλθακοῦ εἶναι ἀνδρός Id.Phd. 85c
;μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὐχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι διαφερόντων Luc.Alex.15
; after ὥστε, E.Fr. 1068, X.Ath.3.8; μή and μὴ οὐκ in consecutive clauses, Id.Ap.34: with the Art.,οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ.. τιμᾶν A.Eu. 914
; οὐδείς γέ μ' ἂν πείσειεν.. τὸ μὴ οὐ .. Ar.Ra.68, cf. X.HG5.2.36.2 less freq. c. part. after a neg. expressed or implied,οὔκων δίκαιον [ἀνδριάντα] ἱστάναι.. μὴ οὐκ ὑπερβαλλόμενον τοῖσι ἔργοισι Hdt.2.110
, cf. 6.9, 106;δυσάλγητος γὰρ ἂν εἴην τοιάνδε μὴ οὐ κατοικτείρων ἕδραν S.OT13
, cf. 221, OC 360, Isoc.10.47 (dub. l.), Pl.Ly. 212d, Philem. 213.5: hence3 = εἰ μή, except,πόλεις.. χαλεπαὶ λαβεῖν, μὴ οὐ χρόνῳ καὶ πολιορκίᾳ D.19.123
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16 опыты опровергли его теорию
General subject: experiments negatived his theoryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > опыты опровергли его теорию
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17 палата лордов забаллотировала законопроект
General subject: the Lords negatived the billУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > палата лордов забаллотировала законопроект
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18 предложения по налогообложению были отклонены сенатом
General subject: the senate negatived the proposed taxationУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > предложения по налогообложению были отклонены сенатом
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19 प्रतिषेध्य
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20 negative
I adj1. заперечний2. негативний, безрезультатний- negative attitude несхвальне відношення- negative voicea) голос проти; заперечення, протестb) вето, право вето- negative vote голосування, відхилення голосуванням (пропозиції, кандидатури)II v1. звести намарно; нейтралізувати2. відхиляти, відмовляти3. амер. накладати вето/ заборону; не затверджувати, відміняти- to negative all efforts звести намарно всі зусилля- to negative a request відхилити прохання- to negative a statement заперечувати проти твердження; заперечувати правильність твердження- the Senate negatived the proposed taxation пропозиції з оподаткування були відхилені Сенатом
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Negativing — Negative Neg a*tive (n[e^]g [.a]*t[i^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Negatived} (n[e^]g [.a]*t[i^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Negativing}.] 1. To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove. [1913 Webster] The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet — (3 June 1873 ndash; 30 January 1956), was an Irish barrister and politician. He was a senator in the upper house of the Irish parliament. He was also a director of the Bank of Ireland. His home in Cappoquin was burned in reprisal for his being a… … Wikipedia
deny — deny, gainsay, contradict, negative, traverse, impugn, contravene are comparable as meaning, when they refer to an act, to declare something untrue, untenable, or unworthy of consideration or, when they refer to a condition, to go counter to what … New Dictionary of Synonyms
negative — I UK [ˈneɡətɪv] / US adjective *** 1) expressing disagreement or criticism a negative response a negative opinion of her qualifications a) expressing opposition to something, especially when there is a choice His answer was negative. b)… … English dictionary
Coercion — Co*er cion, n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See {Coerce}.] 1. The act or process of coercing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amherst College — Infobox University name = Amherst College motto = Terras irradient (Latin) mottoeng = Let them give light to the world established = 1821 type = Private president = Anthony Marx city = Amherst state = MA country = USA campus = Suburban undergrad … Wikipedia
Hansard — is the traditional name for the printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of government. In addition to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the UK s devolved institutions, a Hansard is maintained for the… … Wikipedia