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| 1. | [ adjective ] characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. | |
| Examples: | "a positive attitude" "the reviews were all positive" "a positive benefit" "a positive demand" |
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| Related terms: | negative neutral enthusiastic affirmative constructive constructive supportive optimistic affirmative quality | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] involving advantage or good | |
| Synonyms: | plus | |
| Examples: | "a plus (or positive) factor" |
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| Related terms: | advantageous | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (medicine) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen | |
| Synonyms: | confirming | |
| Examples: | "a positive pregnancy test" |
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| Related terms: | negative medicine | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (physics) having a positive electric charge | |
| Synonyms: | electropositive | |
| Examples: | "protons are positive" |
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| Related terms: | neutral negative polarity | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] impossible to deny or disprove | |
| Synonyms: | irrefutable incontrovertible | |
| Examples: | "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence" "proof positive" "an irrefutable argument" |
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| Related terms: | undeniable | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] formally laid down or imposed | |
| Synonyms: | prescribed | |
| Examples: | "positive laws" |
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| Related terms: | formal | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (mathematics) greater than zero | |
| Examples: | "positive numbers" |
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| Related terms: | mathematics plus | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] marked by excessive confidence | |
| Synonyms: | overconfident cocksure bold | |
| Examples: | "an arrogant and cocksure materialist" "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen" "the less he knows the more positive he gets" |
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| Related terms: | confident | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] persuaded of; very sure | |
| Synonyms: | confident convinced | |
| Examples: | "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join" "I am positive he is lying" "was confident he would win" |
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| Related terms: | certain | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (philosophy) of or relating to positivism | |
| Synonyms: | positivist positivistic | |
| Examples: | "positivist thinkers" "positivist doctrine" "positive philosophy" |
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| Related terms: | positivism positivism positivism | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] granting what has been desired or requested | |
| Synonyms: | favorable | |
| Examples: | "a favorable reply" "a positive answer" |
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| Related terms: | affirmative | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (photography) a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject | |
| Related terms: | film slide | |
| Similar spelling: |
positively positivity positivist positivism |
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