--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 6 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/7/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) **neck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The neck is the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders.[↗](../../neck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The neck of a bottle or a guitar is its long, thin top part.[↗](../../neck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The neck of a shirt or jumper is the part that goes around your neck.[↗](../../neck/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A giraffe has a very long neck.[↗](../../neck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My neck is stiff from sleeping badly.[↗](../../neck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wrap a scarf around your neck when it is cold.[↗](../../neck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the bottle by its neck.[↗](../../neck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The neck of this jumper is too tight.[↗](../../neck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two horses were neck and neck at the finish.[↗](../../neck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never pull a cord tight around anyone's neck.[↗](../../neck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn your neck slowly to the left and right.[↗](../../neck/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "What is that on your neck?"[↗](../../neck/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.[↗](../../neck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../neck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.[↗](../../neck/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../neck/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.[↗](../../neck/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../neck/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou clothed his neck with fierceness?[↗](../../neck/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../neck/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.[↗](../../neck/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../neck/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.[↗](../../neck/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../neck/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **neckerchief** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf.[↗](../../neckerchief/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She tied the neckerchief in a double bow.[↗](../../neckerchief/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ib asked about the pretty neckerchief.[↗](../../neckerchief/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **necklace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A necklace is a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a chain or a string of beads.[↗](../../necklace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A necklace can be made of shells, pearls, flowers, beads or gold.[↗](../../necklace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She makes a necklace with 24 beads.[↗](../../necklace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each necklace costs 8 dollars.[↗](../../necklace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many necklaces can she make with 60 beads?[↗](../../necklace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She sold 5 necklaces.[↗](../../necklace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma wears a pearl necklace on special days.[↗](../../necklace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We threaded pasta to make necklaces in art class.[↗](../../necklace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen's necklace sparkled with jewels.[↗](../../necklace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her necklace has a little heart on it.[↗](../../necklace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In her hand she took a gold necklace.[↗](../../necklace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.[↗](../../necklace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../necklace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **necktie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front; a tie.[↗](../../necktie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad wore a red necktie to the wedding.[↗](../../necktie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My school uniform has a blue necktie.[↗](../../necktie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa taught me to tie a necktie.[↗](../../necktie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He loosened his necktie after work.[↗](../../necktie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells neckties with funny patterns.[↗](../../necktie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective wore a crumpled necktie.[↗](../../necktie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **necromancer** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who tries to speak with the dead to learn secrets or the future.[↗](../../necromancer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.[↗](../../necromancer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../necromancer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **nectar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink.[↗](../../nectar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very delicious drink; in Greek myths, the drink of the gods.[↗](../../nectar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A thick fruit juice: «peach nectar».[↗](../../nectar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees collect nectar from flowers.[↗](../../nectar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Butterflies drink nectar with their long tongues.[↗](../../nectar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hummingbirds feed on nectar.[↗](../../nectar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees turn nectar into honey.[↗](../../nectar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The flowers make nectar to attract insects.[↗](../../nectar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This peach nectar is thick and sweet.[↗](../../nectar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **nee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Née (often written nee) is used before a woman's family name from birth, to show what her surname was before she married: «Mrs Jane Smith, née Brown».[↗](../../nee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It comes from French, where «née» means «born».[↗](../../nee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mary Wilson, née Taylor, was my great-grandmother.[↗](../../nee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The notice read «Ann Kelly (nee O'Brien)».[↗](../../nee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In our family tree, Nan is listed as Mrs Jones, née Evans.[↗](../../nee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Née shows the surname someone had when she was born.[↗](../../nee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen's mother was born with another surname, so books write «née» before it.[↗](../../nee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **need** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.[↗](../../need/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To need to do something is to have to do it.[↗](../../need/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A need is something a person or animal must have, like food, water and a home.[↗](../../need/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Needn't» means do not have to: «You needn't come».[↗](../../need/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Need» is often said for «want»: «I need that game!»; «need a hand?» means can I help.[↗](../../need/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (rude) «Do we need to hear this?», «nobody needs your opinion» are put-downs.[↗](../../need/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (euphemism) «Special needs» or «additional needs» is a polite term for a child who needs extra help; «in need» means poor.[↗](../../need/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) Exams say «require», «requisite», «necessitate», «the quantity required», «the shortfall» (how much is still needed) and «is obliged to».[↗](../../need/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She needs 9 cups of flour.[↗](../../need/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He needs 20 dollars but has 12.[↗](../../need/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many more does she need?[↗](../../need/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each cake needs 3 eggs.[↗](../../need/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants need water and sunlight.[↗](../../need/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You need to finish your homework first.[↗](../../need/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We collected food for families in need.[↗](../../need/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no need to shout.[↗](../../need/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · we're 4, need 3 each, how many sausages then[↗](../../need/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Need a hand with them boxes?[↗](../../need/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't need your help, I can count to 20 myself\![↗](../../need/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A recipe requires 3 eggs per cake.[↗](../../need/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Determine the shortfall, given 7 eggs on hand and 4 cakes to be baked.[↗](../../need/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · You needn't bring anything, we've got heaps.[↗](../../need/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.[↗](../../need/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../need/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.[↗](../../need/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../need/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the servant said unto him: 'Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?'[↗](../../need/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../need/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · They are like a pillar in a garden of cucumbers, and speak not; they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.[↗](../../need/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../need/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king: 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.[↗](../../need/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../need/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.'[↗](../../need/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.23.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../need/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **needest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Have to; must do or have something.[↗](../../needest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And if thou dost not find trouble in that adventure, thou needest not to seek it during the rest of thy life.”[↗](../../needest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) **needeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «needeth» means «needs», a form of «need».[↗](../../needeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.[↗](../../needeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.'[↗](../../needeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.'[↗](../../needeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.15, JPS 1917) **needful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned, formal) Needed or necessary.[↗](../../needful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) The needful is what is needed, often money.[↗](../../needful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Dad will provide the needful.[↗](../../needful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Indian English) Do the needful means do what is necessary; many English speakers elsewhere find it old-fashioned.[↗](../../needful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take only what is needful for the journey.[↗](../../needful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Jesus told Martha that one thing is needful.[↗](../../needful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum said she'd do the needful and pay for the trip.[↗](../../needful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do the needful and send the form.[↗](../../needful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water and food are needful for life.[↗](../../needful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He packed the needful things in a small bag.[↗](../../needful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Meanwhile, I will do what is needful here.[↗](../../needful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house.[↗](../../needful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.7.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **needle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A needle is a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at one end for thread, used for sewing.[↗](../../needle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A needle is the very thin hollow part of a syringe that a doctor or nurse uses for injections.[↗](../../needle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pine needles are the thin, pointed leaves of pine and other evergreen trees.[↗](../../needle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A needle is a thin pointer on a dial, like on a compass.[↗](../../needle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Knitting needles are long sticks for knitting.[↗](../../needle/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma sewed my button back on with a needle and thread.[↗](../../needle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse used a needle to give me my vaccination.[↗](../../needle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you find a needle in the park, don't touch it; tell an adult.[↗](../../needle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pine needles covered the forest floor.[↗](../../needle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The compass needle pointed north.[↗](../../needle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking for my earring in the sand is like looking for a needle in a haystack.[↗](../../needle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My foot has pins and needles from sitting on it.[↗](../../needle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me thread this needle?[↗](../../needle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She took her needle and sang:[↗](../../needle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **needless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not necessary, and often causing harm or waste that could have been avoided: «needless suffering».[↗](../../needless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Needless to say» means «as you would expect» or «it is obvious that…».[↗](../../needless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was needless to leave the lights on all night.[↗](../../needless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Needless to say, we were very hungry after the long walk.[↗](../../needless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing a helmet prevents needless injuries.[↗](../../needless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fight caused needless pain.[↗](../../needless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He worried needlessly; the test was easy.[↗](../../needless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Throwing away good food is a needless waste.[↗](../../needless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is needless to say what the dragons were like, for nowadays everyone knows, and dragons are not things to joke about.[↗](../../needless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **needlework** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Needlework is sewing, embroidery or other work done with a needle and thread.[↗](../../needlework/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She spent the afternoon at her needlework.[↗](../../needlework/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her needlework was very fine.[↗](../../needlework/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **needst** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «needst» means «you need», a form of «need».[↗](../../needst/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.[↗](../../needst/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leave one little sheaf behind; more than that thou needst not leave, but that thou must leave.[↗](../../needst/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · "She is thine, but therefore needst thou not thank me, but Arthur who hath accomplished this for thee.[↗](../../needst/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Celtic Fairy Tales) **needy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Needy people are poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need.[↗](../../needy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The needy means poor people as a group.[↗](../../needy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A needy person wants a lot of attention, help or comfort from others.[↗](../../needy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school collected food for needy families.[↗](../../needy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The church gives warm meals to the needy.[↗](../../needy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe they should care for the needy.[↗](../../needy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Children in needy areas may have no books at home.[↗](../../needy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is very needy when he is tired.[↗](../../needy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity helps needy children all over the world.[↗](../../needy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.'[↗](../../needy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates.[↗](../../needy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit there shall be no needy among you — for the LORD will surely bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it — (Torah DEU.15.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.[↗](../../needy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.[↗](../../needy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.[↗](../../needy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.22.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../needy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **negate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To negate something is to cancel it out or make it have no effect.[↗](../../negate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To negate a statement is to deny it or say it is not true.[↗](../../negate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (grammar) To negate a sentence is to make it negative, for example by adding «not».[↗](../../negate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Eating junk food can negate the good of exercising.[↗](../../negate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One rude word can negate a hundred kind ones.[↗](../../negate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Negate the sentence by adding «not».[↗](../../negate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new evidence negated his story.[↗](../../negate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, negating 7 gives -7.[↗](../../negate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain negated all our watering.[↗](../../negate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **negation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Saying «no» or «not»; making a sentence mean the opposite by adding a word like not, never or no.[↗](../../negation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths, logic) The opposite of a statement: the negation of «it is raining» is «it is not raining».[↗](../../negation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) The complete opposite or cancelling out of something.[↗](../../negation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «I do not like it» is a negation of «I like it».[↗](../../negation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add «not» to make a negation.[↗](../../negation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The negation of «all cats are black» is «not all cats are black».[↗](../../negation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Double negation, like «I didn't do nothing», is a dialect form.[↗](../../negation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, the negation of «x is bigger than 5» is «x is not bigger than 5».[↗](../../negation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullying is the negation of kindness.[↗](../../negation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/7/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) - ← previous: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/5/) - next →: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/7/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)