positive
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(a) characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
- a positive attitude
- the reviews were all positive
- a positive benefit
- a positive demand
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(s) persuaded of; very sure
- 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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(s) involving advantage or good
- a plus (or positive) factor
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(a) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
- a positive pregnancy test
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(s) formally laid down or imposed
- positive laws
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(s) impossible to deny or disprove
- incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
- proof positive
- an irrefutable argument
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(a) of or relating to positivism
- positivist thinkers
- positivist doctrine
- positive philosophy
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(a) 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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(s) greater than zero
- positive numbers
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(s) having a positive charge
- protons are positive
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(s) marked by excessive confidence
- an arrogant and cocksure materialist
- so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
- the less he knows the more positive he gets
Nouns
- (n) the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution positive degree,
- (n) a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject