English

Etymology

From Old (and modern) positif, or positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere ‘to place’. Compare posit.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɒzɪtɪv/

: Hyphenation: po·si·tive

Adjective

1. Definitively laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed, precise, emphatic.
2. * Bacon:
3. *: Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward’s son.
4. Fully assured, confident; certain.
5. : I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.
6. Overconfident, dogmatic.
7. * Pope:
8. *: Some positive, persisting fops we know, That, if once wrong, will needs be always so.
9. Describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb; not comparative or superlative.
10. : ‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the positive form ‘good’.
11. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
12. : The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals.
13. Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
14. : Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.
15. Characterised by the existence or presence of qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
16. : The box was not empty – I felt some positive substance within it.
17. Characterised by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
18. : The results of our experiment are positive.
19. Characterised by affirmation, constructiveness, or influence for the better; favourable.
20. : He has a positive outlook on life.
21. : The first-night reviews were largely positive.
22. * Swift:
23. *: a positive voice in legislation.
24. In the Context of actual|Actual, real, concrete.
25. * Bacon:
26. *: Positive good.
27. Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
28. : A positive photograph can be developed from a photographic negative.
29. Having more protons than electrons.
30. : A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.
31. Of number, greater than zero.
32. HIV positive.

Antonyms

• : negative

Derived terms

• positive crystal
• positive degree
• positive electricity
• positive eyepiece
• positive law
• positive motion
• positive philosophy
• positive pole
• positive quantity
• positive rotation
• positive sign
• positive contribution

Translations

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• Chinese: 确定的 (quèdìng de)
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• Japanese: 明確な (めいかくな, meikakuna)
• Korean: 확실한 (hwaksilhan)
• Portuguese:
• Russian: положительный (položítel’nyj)
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Noun

1. A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
2. A favourable point or characteristic.
3. Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
4. An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
5. In the Context of A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.

Derived terms

• double positive

Translations

• Finnish:

• Finnish: myönteinen/puoltava näkökohta/seikka /asia/puoli

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• Finnish:

• : 陽, 阳 (yáng)
• : positiv (4)

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French

Adjective

positive

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Italian

Adjective

positive

Category:Energy Category:Italian adjective forms

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