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/'pɑzɪtɪv/
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Definitions of positive
  1. adjective
    involving advantage or good
    "a plus (or positive) factor"

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    plus favorable favourable advantageous
  2. noun
    the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

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    positive degree
    type of:
    adverb adjective
  3. adjective
    marked by excessive confidence
    "the less he knows the more positive he gets"

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    cocksure overconfident confident
  4. adjective
    indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
    "a positive pregnancy test"

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    confirming gram-positive
    Opposite:
    negative
  5. adjective
    persuaded of; very sure
    "I am positive he is lying"

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    confident convinced certain sure
  6. adjective
    of or relating to positivism
    "positive philosophy"

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    positivist positivistic
  7. adjective
    impossible to deny or disprove
    "proof positive"

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    incontrovertible irrefutable undeniable
  8. adjective
    having a positive charge
    "protons are positive"

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    electropositive positively charged charged
  9. adjective
    formally laid down or imposed
    "positive laws"

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    prescribed formal
  10. noun
    a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
  11. adjective
    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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    optimistic affirmative constructive
    Opposite:
    negative neutral
  12. adjective
    greater than zero
    "positive numbers"

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    plus
  13. 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"
    Opposite:
    negative
Antonyms of positive
negative neutral
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