positive

IPA: pˈɑzʌtɪv

noun

  • A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
  • A favourable point or characteristic.
  • Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
  • (grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
  • (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
  • (photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
  • The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
  • A positive result of a test.

adjective

  • Not negative or neutral.
  • (law) Formally laid down.
  • Stated definitively and without qualification.
  • Fully assured in opinion.
  • (mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
  • Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
  • Overconfident, dogmatic.
  • (chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
  • (physics) Having more protons than electrons.
  • (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
  • (grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
  • Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
  • Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
  • Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
  • (photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
  • Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
  • Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
  • Optimistic.
  • (chemistry) electropositive
  • (chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
  • (slang) HIV positive.
  • (New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
  • downright, confirmed, straight-up.
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