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== English == === Alternative forms === +ve (abbreviation) === Etymology === From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: pŏzʹĭ-tĭv, IPA(key): /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/, /-ɾɪv/ Hyphenation (UK): pos‧it‧ive, (US): pos‧i‧tive Rhymes: -ɒzɪtɪv === Adjective === positive (comparative more positive, superlative most positive) Included, present, characterized by affirmation. (law) Formally laid down. [from the 14th c.] Stated definitively and without qualification. [from the 16th c.] Fully assured in opinion. [from the 17th c.] Synonyms: certain, sure, wis Antonyms: uncertain, unsure (mathematics, of a number) Greater than zero. [from the 18th c.] Antonyms: negative, nonpositive Hypernyms: nonzero, nonnegative (mathematics, of a number, sometimes) Greater than or equal to zero. Synonym: nonnegative Antonyms: negative, nonpositive Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better. Overconfident, dogmatic. (chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative. 1885, Marcellin Berthelot, Les Origines de l'Alkimie as quoted in M. M. Pattison Muir, A History of Chemical Theories and Laws, 1907. Chemistry is not a primitive science, like geometry or astronomy; it is constructed from the debris of a previous scientific formation; a formation half chimerical and half positive... (physics) Having more protons than electrons. Antonym: negative (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive. (grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations. Synonym: 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. Confirmed, straight-up. (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. Synonyms: good; see also Thesaurus:good Antonyms: bad, negative; see also Thesaurus:bad Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright. Optimistic. [from the 20th c.] (chemistry) electropositive (chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals. (slang) HIV positive. quoted in 2013, William I. Johnston, HIV-Negative: How the Uninfected Are Affected by AIDS (page 145) We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive. (New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === positive (plural positives) 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, not their opposites or complements. Antonym: negative Coordinate term: diapositive The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. A positive result of a test. ==== Translations ==== == Danish == === Adjective === positive inflection of positiv: definite singular plural == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /po.zi.tiv/ Homophones: positivent, positives === Adjective === positive feminine singular of positif === Verb === positive inflection of positiver: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === positive inflection of positiv: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Adjective === positive feminine plural of positivo === Anagrams === sopitevi == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.sɪˈtiː.wɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.s̬iˈtiː.ve] === Adjective === positīve vocative masculine singular of positīvus == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === positive definite singular of positiv plural of positiv == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === positive definite singular of positiv plural of positiv == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /posiˈtibe/ [po.siˈt̪i.β̞e] Rhymes: -ibe Syllabification: po‧si‧ti‧ve === Verb === positive inflection of positivar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Adjective === positive definite natural masculine singular of positiv