adj.

1. Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation: a positive answer; positive criticism.
2. Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress.
3. Explicitly or openly expressed or laid down: a positive demand.
4. Admitting of no doubt; irrefutable: positive proof.
5. 1. Very sure; confident: I'm positive he's right. See synonyms at sure.
   2. Overconfident; dogmatic.
6. Formally or arbitrarily determined; prescribed.
7. Concerned with practical rather than theoretical matters.
8. Composed of or characterized by the presence of particular qualities or attributes; real.
9. Philosophy.
   1. Of or relating to positivism.
   2. Of or relating to laws imposed by human authority rather than by nature or reason alone: “the glaring discrepancy between American positive law and natural rights” (David Brion Davis).
   3. Of or relating to religion based on revelation rather than on nature or reason alone.
10. Informal. Utter; absolute: a positive darling.
11. Mathematics.
    1. Relating to or designating a quantity greater than zero.
    2. Relating to or designating the sign (+).
    3. Relating to or designating a quantity, number, angle, or direction opposite to another designated as negative.
12. Physics. Relating to or designating an electric charge of a sign opposite to that of an electron.
13. Medicine. Indicating the presence of a particular disease, condition, or organism: a positive test for pregnancy.
14. Biology. Indicating or characterized by response or motion toward the source of a stimulus, such as light: positive tropism.
15. Having the areas of light and dark in their original and normal relationship, as in a photographic print made from a negative.
16. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being the simple uncompared degree of an adjective or adverb, as opposed to either the comparative or superlative.
17. Driven by or generating power directly through intermediate machine parts having little or no play: positive drive.

n.

1. An affirmative element or characteristic.
2. Mathematics. A quantity greater than zero.
3. Physics. A positive electric charge.
4. A photographic image in which the lights and darks appear as they do in nature.
5. Grammar.
   1. The uncompared degree of an adjective or adverb.
   2. A word in this degree.
6. Music. A division of some pipe organs, similar in sound to the great but smaller and less powerful.

[Middle English, having a specified quality, from Old French positif, from Latin positīvus, formally laid down, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place.]

positively pos'i·tive·ly adv.
positiveness pos'i·tive·ness or pos'i·tiv'i·ty n.

Photographic image that looks like the original, as distinguished from a negative which reverses the black and white (or high density and low density) areas of the original. Some printing is done from positives.

adjective

1. Of a constructive nature: affirmative. Informal upbeat. See help/harm/harmless.
2. Giving assent: affirmative, favorable. See affirm/deny/argue.
3. Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed: categorical, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, explicit, express, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal. See clear/unclear.
4. Established beyond a doubt: certain, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, sure, unassailable, undeniable, undisputable, unquestionable. See certain/uncertain, true/false.
5. Known positively: certain, definite, sure. Idioms: for certain. See certain/uncertain.
6. Having no doubt: assured, certain, confident, sure, undoubting. See certain/uncertain.
7. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer², thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter². Informal flat-out. Chiefly British blooming. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

adj

Definition: beneficial, helpful
Antonyms: disadvantageous, negative, unhelpful

adj

Definition: definite, certain
Antonyms: doubtful, indefinite, negative, uncertain, unsure

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A small, movable Organ such as the English ‘chamber organ’; the term also refers to a manual of a larger organ derived from such an organ.

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Having a value greater than zero; indicating existence or presence, as chromatin-positive or coagulase-positive; characterized by affirmation or cooperation.

• p. end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) — In mechanical ventilation, a positive airway pressure maintained until the end of expiration. A PEEP higher than the critical closing pressure holds alveoli open until the end of expiration and can markedly improve the arterial Po₂ in patients with a lowered functional residual capacity (FRC), as in acute respiratory failure.

Polarity of point that attracts electrons as opposed to negative, which supplies electrons.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

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IN BRIEF: Free from doubt or hesitation.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. — Willie Nelson

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - positiv, udtrykkelig, komplet, sikker
n. - positiv

idioms:

• HIV positive    HIV-positiv
• positive discrimination    positiv diskrimination
• positive feedback    medkobling, positiv tilbagemelding
• positive pole    pluspol
• positive vetting    sikkerhedscheck

Nederlands (Dutch)
positief, gunstig, nadrukkelijk, constructief, vol vertrouwen, zeker, goed, echt, opbouwend, iets positiefs

Français (French)
adj. - indéniable, affirmatif, favorable, sûr, certain, catégorique, formel, sec (coup, tir), (Méd, Sci) positif, (Chim, Électron, Math, Phot, Phys) positif, pur (plaisir), véritable (outrage, génie)
n. - (Ling) affirmatif, (Phot) positif, (Math) nombre positif, (Élec) positif

idioms:

• HIV positive    porteur du VIH, VIH positif
• positive discrimination    mesures anti-discriminatoires
• positive feedback    feedback positif
• positive pole    pôle positif
• positive vetting    (Admin) enquête administrative

Deutsch (German)
n. - Positiv, Positivbild
adj. - positiv, entschieden, fest(stehend), sicher, konstruktiv

idioms:

• HIV positive    HIV-positiv
• positive discrimination    positive Diskriminierung, Bevorzugung
• positive feedback    positive Rückkopplung
• positive pole    positiver Pol
• positive vetting    gründl. Überprüfung eines angehenden Beamten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γραμμ.) θετικός βαθμός, θετική (φωτογραφική) πλάκα, θετική ποσότητα
adj. - θετικός, καταφατικός, ρητός, κατηγορηματικός, υπαρκτός, πραγματικός, αληθινός, πεπεισμένος, βέβαιος, εποικοδομητικός, (γραμμ.) θετικός, στο θετικό βαθμό, (μαθημ.) θετικός

idioms:

• HIV positive    θετικός φορέας του AIDS
• positive discrimination    προνομιακή αντιμετώπιση μελών (φυλετικών κ.λπ.) μειονοτήτων
• positive feedback    θετική ανάδραση/ανατροφοδότηση
• positive pole    (φυσ.) θετικός πόλος
• positive vetting    εξονυχιστική διερεύνηση του παρελθόντος υποψηφίου για εμπιστευτική θέση

Italiano (Italian)
positivo, favorevole, esplicito, costruttivo

idioms:

• HIV positive    siero-positivo
• positive discrimination    favoreggiamento
• positive feedback    reazione di sostegno, reazione positiva
• positive pole    polo positivo
• positive vetting    inchiesta approfondita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - positivo (m)
adj. - positivo, afirmativo, certo, convencido

idioms:

• HIV positive    portador do vírus HIV
• positive discrimination    discriminação positiva
• positive feedback    resposta positiva
• positive pole    polo positivo
• positive vetting    crítica positiva

Русский (Russian)
положительная степень, утвердительный, безусловный, положительный

idioms:

• HIV positive    ВИЧ-инфицированный
• positive discrimination    антидискрими- национные меры
• positive feedback    положительный отзыв
• positive pole    положительный полюс
• positive vetting    административное расследование

Español (Spanish)
adj. - positivo, favorable, afirmativo, categórico, verdadero, constructivo
n. - positivo

idioms:

• HIV positive    VIH positivo, portador del virus del SIDA
• positive discrimination    apoyo a grupos discriminados
• positive feedback    reacción positiva
• positive pole    polo positivo
• positive vetting    prueba concluyente, clasificación positiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - positiv, verklighet, anod, positiv pol, positiv bild
adj. - positiv, bestämd, uttrycklig, verklig, säker, jakande, stiftad, fastställd

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
肯定的, 绝对的, 积极的, 实在的事物, 原级, 正面, 正数

idioms:

• HIV positive    HIV阳性, 得到人体免疫缺乏病毒疾病
• positive discrimination    积极区别对待, 积极差别待遇
• positive feedback    正反馈
• positive pole    正极, 阳极
• positive vetting    录用公务员时的个人情况全面调查

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肯定的, 絕對的, 積極的
n. - 實在的事物, 原級, 正面, 正數

idioms:

• HIV positive    HIV陽性, 得到人體免疫缺乏病毒疾病
• positive discrimination    積極區別對待, 積極差別待遇
• positive feedback    正反饋
• positive pole    正極, 陽極
• positive vetting    錄用公務員時的個人情況全面調查

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 확신하는, 완전한, 긍정적인
n. - 현실(물), 양화, 긍정

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陽画, 正数, 陽極, 原級, 確かな事実
adj. - 明確な, 確信して, 積極的な, 建設的な, 肯定的な, 全くの, 実際の, 実在の, 陽画の, 正の, 陽の, 絶対的な

idioms:

• positive discrimination    正弁別
• positive feedback    正帰還
• positive pole    陽極
• positive vetting    肯定的治療

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فعلي, ولقعي, حقيقي (صفه) تام, واقعي, محقق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חיובי, מפורש, בטוח, משוכנע, מעשי, מושלם, מוחלט, קונסטרוקטיבי, בטוח בעצמו‬
n. - ‮פוזיטיב (בצילום), מספר חיובי, תואר חיובי, דבר חיובי, תכונה חיובית‬

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