positive
Pronunciation: /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/
The English word “positive” has 20 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
- Formally laid down.
- Stated definitively and without qualification.
- Fully assured in opinion.
- Greater than zero.
- Greater than or equal to zero.
- Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
- Overconfident, dogmatic.
- Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
- Having more protons than electrons.
- Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
- 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.
- 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.
Etymology
From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit.
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