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positive

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Synonyms: apositive, positiv, position, punitive, volitive, expositive, desitive, oppositive, costive, vomitive, appositive

Antonyms: apositive, positiv, position, punitive, volitive, expositive, desitive, oppositive, costive, vomitive, appositive

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Adjective

  1. Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
  2. {{lb|en|law}} Formally [[lay down|laid down]]. {{defdate|from the 14th c.}}
  3. Stated definitively and without qualification. {{defdate|from the 16th c.}}
  4. Fully assured in opinion. {{defdate|from the 17th c.}}
  5. {{senseid|en|greater than zero}} {{lb|en|mathematics|of a [[number]]}} Greater than [[zero]]. {{defdate|from the 18th c.}}
  6. {{senseid|en|greater than or equal to zero}} {{lb|en|mathematics|of a [[number]]|sometimes}} Greater than or equal to [[zero]].<!--Math nerds report attestedly that such usage in English also has a parallel with usage in French, where the cognate of "positive" means "≥0" and the French for "strictly positive" means ">0"--><!--And: TR thread: [[Wiktionary:Tea_room/2025/August#Positive]]-->
  7. Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
  8. Overconfident, [[dogmatic]].
  9. {{senseid|en|real concrete}}{{lb|en|chiefly|philosophy}} [[actual|Actual]], [[real]], [[concrete]], not [[theoretical]] or [[speculative]].
  10. {{lb|en|physics}} Having more protons than electrons.
  11. {{lb|en|grammar}} Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not [[comparative]], [[superlative]], [[augmentative]] nor [[diminutive]].
  12. {{lb|en|grammar}} Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.

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. {{lb|en|grammar}} A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
  5. {{lb|en|grammar}} An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
  6. {{lb|en|photography}} A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.
  7. The positive [[plate]] of a [[voltaic]] or [[electrolytic]] [[cell]].
  8. A positive result of a test.

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