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English to English adjective
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characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. |  | Example: a positive attitude
the reviews were all positive
a positive benefit
a positive demand
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indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen | | Example: a positive pregnancy test
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of or relating to positivism | | Example: positivist thinkers
positivist doctrine
positive philosophy
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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 | | Example: positive increase in graduating students
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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative. | | source: webster1913
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Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermediate piece or pieces; as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a friction clutch is not. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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persuaded of; very sure | | Example: 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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involving advantage or good | | Example: a plus (or positive) factor
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formally laid down or imposed | | Example: positive laws
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impossible to deny or disprove | | Example: incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
proof positive
an irrefutable argument
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greater than zero | | Example: positive numbers
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having a positive charge | | Example: protons are positive
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marked by excessive confidence | | Example: 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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the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution | | source: wordnet30
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a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject | | source: wordnet30
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That which is capable of being affirmed; reality. | | source: webster1913
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