occurs when two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. Multiple negation is the more general term referring to the occurrence of more than one negative in a clause. In most logics and some languages, double negatives cancel one another and ... (43 of 2842 words)
A construction that employs two negatives, especially to express a single negation. (12 of 564 words)
a syntactic construction, often considered ungrammatical in standard Modern English, in which two negatives are used where one is needed, as in "I ... (23 of 437 words, 2 usage examples)
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a negative statement containing two negative elements (for example he didn't say nothing). | a positive statement in which two negative elements are ... (22 of 231 words, 2 definitions, 6 usage examples)
a sentence in which two negative words such as "not", "don"t', or "no one" are used when only one would be correct, for example in the sentence "I ... (28 of 61 words)
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A phrase in which there are two negative words or their compounds (e.g. no, not, never, none, etc), occasionally leading to ambiguity in the meaning, but necessary in some foreign languages. (31 of 57 words)
a now nonstandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning (13 of 48 words, 1 usage example)
in grammar, the use of two negatives (words that mean 'no') in the same phrase or sentence (17 of 35 words, 1 usage example)
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the use of two negatives in a single statement having a negative force (Ex.: "I didn't hear nothing"): now generally regarded as nonstandard (23 of 25 words)
a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation. (19 of 21 words)
a phrase containing two negatives (5 of 127 words)
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