positive
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[ˈpɑzɪtɪv] [ˈpɒzɪtɪv] 
US WPositive
- Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:
FR positive 
- NounPLpositivesSUF-itive
- A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
- A favourable point or characteristic.
- Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
- (grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
- (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
- (photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
- The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
- A positive result of a test.
- A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
- AdjectiveCOMmore positiveSUPmost positive
- (law) Formally laid down.
- Stated definitively and without qualification.
- Fully assured in opinion.
- (mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
- Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
- Overconfident, dogmatic.
- (chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
- (physics) Having more protons than electrons.
- (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
- Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
- Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
- Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
- (photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
- Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
- Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
- Optimistic.
- (chemistry) electropositive.
- (chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
- SLA HIV positive.
- (New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
- (law) Formally laid down.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- In particular, our attention turns to multiplicative loops which have either a normal subloop of positive dimension or which contain a $1$-dimensional compact subgroup.
- Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.
- Although not all animals were found positive for hemocultures, it was possible to isolate parasites at all three sampling times, over a year of infection.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- POSITIVE signs are starting to emerge in China but economists warn it's too early to tell whether Australia's biggest trading partner is turning the corner.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of positive in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- fr positive
- en positively
- fr positives
- en positiver
- fr positiver
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "positive" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.