Definition of positives in English

Wiktionary

positives (Noun)
Plural of positive.

Part of speech

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positives, noun, plural of positive.

WordNet

Noun Plural: positives
positive - a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
		photographic film, film a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
positive - the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
		positive degree
		adjective the word class that qualifies nouns
Adjective
positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"
		negative expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
		neutral having no net electric charge
		affirmatory, affirmative affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"
		constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
		optimistic expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"
		supportive furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
		quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
		optimistic, affirmative expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"
positive - greater than zero; "positive numbers"
		plus involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
		math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
positive - indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"
		confirming
		disconfirming, negative establishing as invalid or untrue
		medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
positive - having a positive charge; "protons are positive"
		electropositive, positively charged
positive - formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws"
		prescribed
positive - 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"
positive - of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"
		positivist, positivistic
positive - marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"
		cocksure, overconfident
		confident not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani
positive - impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"
		incontrovertible, irrefutable
		undeniable not possible to deny
positive - involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
		plus
positive - persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win"
		convinced, confident

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Wiktionary

positive (Noun)
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
positive (Noun)
A favourable point or characteristic.
positive (Noun)
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
positive (Noun)
An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
positive (Noun)
A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
positive (Noun)
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
positive (Adjective)
Stated definitively and without qualification.
positive (Adjective)
Fully assured in opinion.
positive (Adjective)
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
positive (Adjective)
Overconfident, dogmatic.
positive (Adjective)
Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
positive (Adjective)
Having more protons than electrons.
positive (Adjective)
Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
positive (Adjective)
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
positive (Adjective)
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
positive (Adjective)
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
positive (Adjective)
Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
positive (Adjective)
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
positive (Adjective)
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
positive (Adjective)
Optimistic.
positive (Adjective)
HIV positive .
positive (Adjective)
Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; often precedes ' energy', ' thought', ' feeling' or ' emotion'.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

positive (a.)
Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
positive (a.)
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
positive (a.)
Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
positive (a.)
Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
positive (a.)
Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
positive (a.)
Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
positive (a.)
Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
positive (a.)
Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
positive (a.)
Electro-positive.
positive (a.)
Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
positive (n.)
That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
positive (n.)
That which settles by absolute appointment.
positive (n.)
The positive degree or form.
positive (n.)
A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
positive (n.)
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

positive
Without any doubt or possibility of deviation.
positive
Greater than zero.
positive
The uncompared form of an adjective or adverb.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

positive
poz′i-tiv, adj. definitely placed or laid down: clearly expressed: really existing: actual: not admitting of any doubt or qualification: decisive: settled by distinct appointment: arbitrarily prescribed, laid down—opp. to Natural: too confident in opinion: fully assured: certain: (gram.) noting the simple form of an adjective—as Positive degree of comparison: (math.) greater than zero, to be added, as Positive quantity: (phot.) having the lights and shades in the picture the same as in the original, instead of being reversed: (electr.) having a relatively high potential—opp. to Negative (q.v.).—n. that which is placed or laid down: that which may be affirmed: reality: a positive picture—opp. to Negative.—adv. Pos′itively.—ns. Pos′itiveness, state or quality of being positive: certainty: confidence; Pos′itivism, actual or absolute knowledge; Pos′itivist, a believer in positivism.—Pos′itivism, Positive philosophy, the philosophical system originated by Comte (1798-1857)—its foundation the doctrine that man can have no knowledge of anything but phenomena, and that the knowledge of phenomena is relative, not absolute. [Fr.,—L. positivus, fixed by agreement—ponĕre, to place.]