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      positive
      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, not their opposites or complements.
      The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
      A positive result of a test.
      adjective
      Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
      (law) Formally laid down.
      Stated definitively and without qualification.
      Fully assured in opinion.
      (mathematics, of a number) Greater than zero.
      (mathematics, of a number, sometimes) Greater than or equal to 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.
      Confirmed, straight-up.
      (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.
      Roots
      ponerepos- · Latin · place, put
      Synonyms for positive
      negativeadjconfirmingadjaffirmatoryadjoptimisticadjpositivisticadjconstructiveadjaffirmativeadjupbeatadjplusnsupportiveadjoverconfidentadjencouragingadj
      Words related to positive
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