positive

adjective

  1. 1

    involving advantage or good

    a plus (or positive) factor

  2. 2

    persuaded of; very sure

    were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join

    I am positive he is lying

  3. 3

    marked by excessive confidence

    an arrogant and cocksure materialist

    so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen

  4. 4

    having a positive charge

    protons are positive

  5. 5

    impossible to deny or disprove

    incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence

    proof positive

  6. 6

    formally laid down or imposed

    positive laws

  7. 7

    characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

    a positive attitude

    the reviews were all positive

  8. 8

    greater than zero

    positive numbers

  9. 9

    reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

    positive increase in graduating students

  10. 10

    indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

    a positive pregnancy test

noun

  1. 1

    a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

  2. 2

    the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

Synonyms

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