English dictionary
positive
adjectivePronunciation
ˈpɒzɪ̈tɪv
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- involving advantage or good
adjective
- persuaded of; very sure
adjective
- marked by excessive confidence
adjective
- having a positive charge
adjective
- impossible to deny or disprove
adjective
- formally laid down or imposed
adjective
- characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
adjective
- greater than zero
adjective
- reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
adjective
- indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
adjective
- of or relating to positivism
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
Example sentences
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