POSITIVE
\pˈɒzɪtˌɪv], \pˈɒzɪtˌɪv], \p_ˈɒ_z_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of POSITIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive"
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granting what has been desired or requested; "a favorable reply"; "a positive answer"
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involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
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a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"
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greater than zero; "positive numbers"
By Princeton University
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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"
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(medicine) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"
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having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive"
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granting what has been desired or requested; "a favorable reply"; "a positive answer"
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involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
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a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"
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(mathematics) greater than zero; "positive numbers"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermediate piece or pieces; as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a friction clutch is not.
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Designating, or pertaining to, a device giving a to-and-fro motion; as, a positive dobby.
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Designating a method of steering or turning in which the steering wheels move so that they describe concentric arcs in making a turn, to insure freedom from side slip or harmful resistance.
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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
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Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
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Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
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Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
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Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
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Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
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Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
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Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
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Electro-positive.
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That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
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That which settles by absolute appointment.
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The positive degree or form.
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A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
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The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
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Positiveness.
By Oddity Software
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Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermediate piece or pieces; as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a friction clutch is not.
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Designating, or pertaining to, a device giving a to-and-fro motion; as, a positive dobby.
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Designating a method of steering or turning in which the steering wheels move so that they describe concentric arcs in making a turn, to insure freedom from side slip or harmful resistance.
By Noah Webster.
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Positiveness.
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Clearly expressed; leaving no doubt; actual; as, positive proof; confident; as, I am positive that this is so; strongly assertive; as, a positive manner; not negative; noting the simple form of an adjective; as, positive degree; in mathematics, reckoned as more than zero; as, a positive quantity; denoting that pole of a magnet which attracts; denoting one kind of electricity, or one end of an electric source:.
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In mathematics, electricity, etc., that which is opposite to a negative.
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Positively.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Positiveness.
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Positively.
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That which is sure; reality; a photograph having the lights and shade of the real object.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman