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Meaning of positive


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  positive
      adj 1: characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance
             or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews
             were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive
             demand" [ant: {negative}, {neutral}]
      2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to
         their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was
         confident he would win" [syn: {convinced(p)}, {positive(p)},
         {confident(p)}]
      3: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
         [syn: {plus}, {positive}]
      4: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or
         pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn: {positive},
         {confirming}] [ant: {disconfirming}, {negative}]
      5: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn:
         {positive}, {prescribed}]
      6: impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of
         the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable
         argument" [syn: {incontrovertible}, {irrefutable},
         {positive}]
      7: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers";
         "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn:
         {positivist}, {positivistic}, {positive}]
      8: 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" [ant: {negative}]
      9: greater than zero; "positive numbers"
      10: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn:
          {positive}, {electropositive}, {positively charged}]
      11: 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"
          [syn: {cocksure}, {overconfident}, {positive}]
      n 1: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a
           quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to
           increase or diminution [syn: {positive}, {positive degree}]
      2: a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to
         those of the original subject


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