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Definition: Meaning of, positive in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɒzɪtɪv /

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  1. attitude if you are positive about things, you are hopeful and confident, and think about what is good in a situation rather than what is bad
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  2. good thing good or useful
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  3. action if you take positive action, you do something definite in order to try and achieve something
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  4. support expressing support, agreement, or approval
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  5. sure [not before noun] very sure, with no doubt at all that something is right or true [=  certain]
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  6. sign showing that something is likely to succeed or improve
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  7. proof positive proof/evidence/identification etc proof etc that shows that there is no doubt that something is true
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  8. scientific test showing signs of the medical condition or chemical that is being looked for
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  9. emphasis [only before noun] spoken used to emphasize how good or bad something is [=  total]
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  10. number technical a positive number is more than zero
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  11. electricity technical having the type of electrical charge that is carried by PROTON s
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positive positives
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  1. a quality or feature that is good or useful
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positive used in phrases

  • Gram-positive (adjective)
    1. of bacteria being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
  • Rh positive (noun)
    1. Rh antigen approximately 85% of people the blood group whose red cells have the Rh factor
  • Rh-positive blood type (noun)
    1. Rh antigen approximately 85% of people the blood group whose red cells have the Rh factor
  • false positive (noun)
    1. something that is wrongly thought or shown to be a particular thing, especially after a scientific test or RESEARCH
  • positive charge (noun)
    1. having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential
  • positive chemotaxis (noun)
    1. movement toward a chemical stimulus
  • positive correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1
  • positive degree (noun)
    1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
  • positive discrimination (noun)
    1. the practice of giving a particular number of jobs, places at university etc to people who are often treated unfairly because of their race, sex etc [=  affirmative action American English]
  • positive feedback (noun)
    1. augmenting feedback in phase with the input
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Pronunciation: əˈsɪrɪən əˈkeɪdɪən;əˈkadɪən
Parts of Speech: noun
an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
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