positive
po zuh tiv
- n the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
- n a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
- a characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
a positive attitude
the reviews were all positive
a positive benefit
a positive demand - s persuaded of; very sure
I am positive he is lying - s involving advantage or good
a plus (or positive) factor - a indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
a positive pregnancy test - s formally laid down or imposed
positive laws - s impossible to deny or disprove
proof positive - a of or relating to positivism
positive philosophy - a 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 - s greater than zero
positive numbers - s having a positive charge
protons are positive - s marked by excessive confidence
the less he knows the more positive he gets
- Is there power in positive thinking? A study just published in the journal Psychological Science says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite .
- When classes opened across Vietnam on August 17, few students were as excited or as nervous as a group of 15 HIV-positive children who had finally been given permission to .
- When a group of HIV-positive orphans arrived at the gates of An Nhon Dong Elementary School in Ho Chi Minh city, parents who had been informed ahead of time about the new arrivals .