English

Etymology
From Old (and modern) F. positif, or L. positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere �to place�. Compare posit.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�zɪtɪv/
:Hyphenation: po·si·tive

Adjective
en-adj

1. Definitively laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed, precise, emphatic.

#* Bacon:
#*: Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward�s son.

1. Fully assured, confident; certain.

#:I�m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.

1. Overconfident, dogmatic.

#* Pope:
#*: Some positive, persisting fops we know, That, if once wrong, will needs be always so.

1. grammar Describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb; not comparative or superlative.

#:�Better� is an irregular comparative of the positive form �good�.

1. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.

#: The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals.

1. Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.

#:Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.

1. Characterised by the existence or presence of qualities or features, rather than by their absence.

#:The box was not empty � I felt some positive substance within it.

1. Characterised by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.

#:The results of our experiment are positive.

1. Characterised by affirmation, constructiveness, or influence for the better; favourable.

#: He has a positive outlook on life.
#:The first-night reviews were largely positive.
#* Swift:
#*: a positive voice in legislation.

1. context|chiefly|philosophy actual|Actual, real, concrete.

#* Bacon:
#*: Positive good.

1. photography Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.

#: A positive photograph can be developed from a photographic negative.

1. physics Having more protons than electrons.

#: A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.

1. slang HIV positive.

Translations
trans-top|definitely laid down
Arabic: Arab|ا�جاب� IPAchar|(�ij�bi)
Chinese: 确�� (quèdìng de)
Dutch: positief
Finnish: varma
French: positif
German: positiv
Hungarian: biztos
Italian: positivo
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Japanese: �確� (�����, meikakuna)
Korean: ��� (hwaksilhan)
Portuguese: positivo
Russian: положи�ел�н�й (položítel�nyj)
Spanish: positivo
Swedish: positiv
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trans-top|fully assured, confident
Finnish: t|fi|varma
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trans-top|overconfident, dogmatic
Finnish: t|fi|varma
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trans-top|grammar: describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb
Finnish: t|fi|perusasteinen, t|fi|perusmuotoinen
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trans-top|derived from an object by itself; absolute
Finnish: t|fi|absoluuttinen
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trans-top|downright, entire, outright
Finnish: t|fi|todellinen, t|fi|varsinainen, t|fi|kokonainen
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trans-top|characterised by the existence of qualities or features
Finnish: t|fi|todellinen
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trans-top|characterised by features which support a hypothesis
Finnish: t|fi|positiivinen
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trans-top|characterised by affirmation and constructiveness
Finnish: t|fi|myönteinen, t|fi|positiivinen
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trans-top|philosophy: actual, real, concrete
Finnish: t|fi|positiivinen
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trans-top|photography: of a visual image true to the original
Finnish: t|fi|positiivinen
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trans-top|physics: having more protons than electrons
Finnish: t|fi|positiivinen
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trans-top|slang: HIV positive
Finnish: t|fi|positiivinen
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Noun
en-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. grammar An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
5. context|photography A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.

Translations
trans-top|thing capable of being affirmed
Finnish: t|fi|tosiasia
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trans-top|favourable point or characteristic
Finnish: myönteinen/puoltava näkökohta/seikka /asia/puoli
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trans-top|thing having a positive value
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trans-top|adjective or adverb in the positive degree
Finnish: t|fi|positiivi, t|fi|perusaste
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trans-top|photography: a positive image
Finnish: t|fi|positiivi
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ttbc|Chinese: �, � (yáng)
ttbc|Swedish: positiv (4)
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Derived terms
positive crystal
positive degree
positive electricity
positive eyepiece
positive law
positive motion
positive philosophy
positive pole
positive quantity
positive rotation
positive sign
positive contribution

Category:Energy
Category:Positive words|*

French

Adjective
positive

1. feminine of|positif

Italian

Adjective
positive p

1. feminine of|positivo

Category:Italian adjective forms

af:positive
es:positive
fr:positive
ko:positive
io:positive
id:positive
it:positive
lt:positive
hu:positive
pl:positive
ru:positive
simple:positive
fi:positive
sv:positive
ta:positive
te:positive
vi:positive
tr:positive
zh:positive

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