positive
adjective
- 1
involving advantage or good
a plus (or positive) factor
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persuaded of; very sure
were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join
I am positive he is lying
- 3
marked by excessive confidence
an arrogant and cocksure materialist
so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
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having a positive charge
protons are positive
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impossible to deny or disprove
incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
proof positive
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formally laid down or imposed
positive laws
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characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
a positive attitude
the reviews were all positive
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greater than zero
positive numbers
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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
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indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
a positive pregnancy test
noun
- 1
a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
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