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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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having a positive electric charge
protons are positive
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involving advantage or good
a positive factor
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indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
a positive pregnancy test
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formally laid down or imposed
positive laws
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impossible to deny or disprove
proof positive
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of or relating to positivism
positive philosophy
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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
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greater than zero
positive numbers
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marked by excessive confidence
the less he knows the more positive he gets
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persuaded of; very sure
I am positive he is lying
'positive' - used as a noun
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a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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