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/pˈɒzɪtˌɪv/
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[ US /ˈpɑzətɪv/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑzətɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
impossible to deny or disprove
an irrefutable argument
incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
proof positive -
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
a positive pregnancy test -
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
a positive attitude
a positive benefit
the reviews were all positive
a positive demand -
persuaded of; very sure
were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join
was confident he would win
I am positive he is lying -
marked by excessive confidence
an arrogant and cocksure materialist
so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
the less he knows the more positive he gets -
of or relating to positivism
positivist thinkers
positive philosophy
positivist doctrine -
involving advantage or good
a plus (or positive) factor -
reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
positive increase in graduating students -
having a positive charge
protons are positive -
greater than zero
positive numbers -
formally laid down or imposed
positive laws
NOUN
- the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
- a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
How To Use positive In A Sentence
- He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
- A lot of the foods that we connect with African-Americans, whether totemically, whether positively or negatively, are indeed and in fact foods from the continent. NPR Topics: News
- It was also a noteworthy echo of a speech Sarkozy himself made last December, when he called for a "positive laicity" and suggested that the state could ultimately grant subsidies to religious groups. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_. Working Murder
- Stocks spent most of the day in positive territory, buoyed in part by the University of Michigan's report showing consumer confidence rose in March to 95.8 from 94.4 in February.
- HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
- Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
- Nineteen people have submitted stool samples that tested positive for diarrhea-causing agents: Campylobacter (14), norovirus (3), salmonella (1) and Giardia (1).
- We can also see this in the contrapositive: having more than one sexual partner is by definition nonmonogamous. S-e-x. « Love | Peace | Ohana
- The percentages of aneuploid bone marrow leukocytes were higher than those of aneuploid sperm for the two upper THH dose groups and for the positive control group.
