positive

Alternative forms

 * +ve

Etymology
From, from , from the past participle stem of. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
 * 2)  Formally laid down.
 * 3) Stated definitively and without qualification.
 * 4) Fully assured in opinion.
 * 5)   Of number, greater than zero.
 * 6) Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
 * 7) Overconfident, dogmatic.
 * 8)  Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
 * 9) * 1885,, Les Origines de l'Alkimie as quoted in  , 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...
 * 1)  Having more protons than electrons.
 * 2)  Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
 * 3)  Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
 * 4) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
 * 5) Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
 * 6) Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
 * 7)  Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
 * 8) Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
 * 9) Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
 * 10) Optimistic.
 * 11)  electropositive
 * 12)  basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
 * 13)  HIV positive.
 * 14) * 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.
 * 1)  Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
 * 2) downright, confirmed, straight-up.
 * 1) Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
 * 2) Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
 * 3)  Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
 * 4) Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
 * 5) Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
 * 6) Optimistic.
 * 7)  electropositive
 * 8)  basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
 * 9)  HIV positive.
 * 10) * 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.
 * 1)  Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
 * 2) downright, confirmed, straight-up.
 * 1)  electropositive
 * 2)  basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
 * 3)  HIV positive.
 * 4) * 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.
 * 1)  Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
 * 2) downright, confirmed, straight-up.
 * 1) downright, confirmed, straight-up.
 * 1) downright, confirmed, straight-up.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: pozitiva
 * Georgian: დადებითი, პოზიტიური
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Irish: deimhneach
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pozitívny, kladný


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ជាវិជ្ជមាន
 * Korean: 확실한
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θετικός
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Maori: ngākau reka
 * Scottish Gaelic: deimhinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: istý
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: مُوجَب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: müsbət
 * Belarusian:, пазіты́ўны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: დადებითი
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: pozitív (előjelű)
 * Irish: deimhneach
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ភាពវិជ្ជមាន
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: pozitīvs
 * Maori: tōrunga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਧਨਾਤਮਿਕ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kladný, pozitívny
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: дода́тний,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: müsbət
 * Belarusian:, , позіты́ўны
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, , építő (jellegű)
 * Maori: ngākau reka
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pozitívny
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: إِيجَابِيّ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , tényeken alapuló
 * Irish: deimhneach
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Arabic: مُوجَب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: müsbət
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: pozitív (töltésű)
 * Irish: deimhneach
 * Maori: tōrunga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kladný
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: perusasteinen,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θετικός
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: dearfach
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: pozitívny
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Irish: ceart
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: deimhneach


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pozitívny
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pozitívny
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pozitívny, kladný
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , ,


 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:, but for expressions like stay positive  and are options, used in the same contexts with different implication
 * Hungarian:, , , önbizalommal teli,
 * Maori: ngākau reka
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pozitívny


 * Dutch: HIV positief
 * Finnish:
 * Romanian: HIV pozitiv
 * Serbo-Croatian: HIV pozitivan, pozitivan na HIV


 * Finnish:


 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
 * 2) A favourable point or characteristic.
 * 3) Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
 * 4)  A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
 * 5)  An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
 * 6)  A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.
 * 7) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
 * 8) A positive result of a test.
 * 1) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
 * 2) A positive result of a test.
 * 1) A positive result of a test.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:, hyvä puoli, myönteinen asia
 * German: Positives, gute Seite,
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pozitívum, klad


 * Finnish: positiivinen suure, positiivinen luku


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , Positivus
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θετικόν
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: bunchéim
 * Latin: gradus positivus, positivus, gradus absolutus
 * Polish: stopień równy
 * Romanian: pozitiv grad
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pozitív, prvý stupeň
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: صُورَة مُوجَبَة
 * Bulgarian: позитив
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Positivfilm
 * Irish: dearbhchló
 * Japanese:, ポジフィルム
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: pozitiv film
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pozitív
 * Swedish:


 * Japanese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: