positive

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more positivemost positive

Superlative

+ve

1.
Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
2.
(law) Formally laid down.
3.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
4.
Fully assured in opinion.
I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.
Đồng nghĩa: certain, sure, wis
5.
(mathematics, of a number) Greater than zero.
6.
(sometimes)(mathematics, of a number, sometimes) Greater than or equal to zero.
Đồng nghĩa: nonnegative
7.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
8.
Overconfident, dogmatic.
9.
(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...
10.
(physics) Having more protons than electrons.
A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.
11.
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the positive form ‘good’.
12.
(grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

positives+ve

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.
(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
5.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
6.
(photography) 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.

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Đồng nghĩa

certain surewisnonnegative absolute good acceptable agreeableall rightamazingas fine as Dick's hatbandawesomebeatificbeneblissfulbodacious bona brilliantcelestialcommendable

Trái nghĩa

uncertain unsure negative nonpositive bad abysmalatrociousawful chronic coarse corny crap

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (to place). Compare posit.