Negative and Select

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Negative verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Usage example: even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway

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Select is an antonym for negative.

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

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Negative is an antonym for select.

negative items

select items

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Select and Negative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/negative/select

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