POSITIVE
/ˈpɒzɪ̈tɪv/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 15
Definition
- noun the primary form of an adjective or adverb.
— synonyms: positive_degree
- noun a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject.
- adjective characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc..
- adjective persuaded of.
— synonyms: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)
- adjective involving advantage or good.
— synonyms: plus
- adjective indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen.
— synonyms: confirming
- adjective formally laid down or imposed.
— synonyms: prescribed
- adjective impossible to deny or disprove.
— synonyms: incontrovertible, irrefutable
- adjective of or relating to positivism.
— synonyms: positivist, positivistic
- adjective reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion.
- adjective greater than zero.
- adjective having a positive charge.
— synonyms: electropositive, positively_charged
- adjective marked by excessive confidence.
— synonyms: cocksure, overconfident
Examples
- “I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.”
- “‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the positive form ‘good’.”
- “The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals.”
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