English to English
positive
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adjective (a)
- characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.(adj.all)Example:
A positive attitude.
The reviews were all positive.
A positive benefit.
A positive demand.
source: wordnet30 - indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen(adj.all)Example:
A positive pregnancy test.
source: wordnet30 - of or relating to positivism(adj.pert)Example:
Positive philosophy.
source: wordnet30 - reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion(adj.all)Example:
Positive increase in graduating students.
source: wordnet30 - Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.(adjective)source: webster1913
- 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- involving advantage or good(adj.all)Example:
A plus (or positive) factor.
source: wordnet30 - impossible to deny or disprove(adj.all)Example:
Proof positive.
source: wordnet30 - greater than zero(adj.all)Example:
Positive numbers.
source: wordnet30 - having a positive charge(adj.all)Example:
Protons are positive.
source: wordnet30 - marked by excessive confidence(adj.all)Example:
The less he knows the more positive he gets.
source: wordnet30
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