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positive
involving advantage or good
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adjective
involving advantage or good
“a plus (or positive) factor”
adjective
persuaded of; very sure
“were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join”
adjective
marked by excessive confidence
“an arrogant and cocksure materialist”
adjective
having a positive charge
“protons are positive”
adjective
impossible to deny or disprove
“incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence”
adjective
formally laid down or imposed
“positive laws”
adjective
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
“a positive attitude”
adjective
greater than zero
“positive numbers”
adjective
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”
adjective
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
“a positive pregnancy test”
adjective
of or relating to positivism
“positivist thinkers”
noun
a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
noun
the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
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a plus (or positive) factor
were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join
I am positive he is lying
was confident he would win
an arrogant and cocksure materialist
so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
the less he knows, the more positive he gets
protons are positive
incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
proof positive
an irrefutable argument
positive laws
a positive attitude
the reviews were all positive
a positive benefit
a positive demand
positive numbers
positive increase in graduating students
a positive pregnancy test
positivist thinkers
positivist doctrine
positive philosophy
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