positive

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

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. Having more protons than electrons.
10. Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
11. Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
12. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
13. Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
14. Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
15. Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
16. Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
17. Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
18. Optimistic.
19. electropositive
20. basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
21. (slang) HIV positive.
22. Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
23. downright, confirmed, straight-up.

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.

Sinonieme

sure

plus

certain

affirmative

definite

confident

favorable

good

👍

absolute

decisive

cocksure

convinced

assertive

assured

categorical

clear

active

pos

positive degree

positivist

positivistic

favourable

prescribed

incontrovertible

optimistic

confirming

explicit

overconfident

express

favorable

peremptory

bright

upbeat

upright

forward-looking

final

real

firm

positively charged

irrefutable

electropositive

affirmation

distinct

empirical

true

indeed

okay

ordained

ortho

p

p

perceptible

perfect

practical

precise

precision

pro

proactive

progressive

proper

realistic

really

regular

reliable

resolute

right

right side

round

satisfactory

settlement

shining

speakable

stated

straight

totally

trueness

truly

unconditional

unconditioned

understand

undoubted

unqualified

unquestionable

unquestioning

unrelated

valid

facing forward

front-facing

positive model

front face

frontal surface

all correct

justo

favourable

favourable

abject

absolutely

actual

adjusted

advantageous

aggressive

approving

astonishment

authentic

beneficial

brilliant

can-do

categoric

concrete

confirmation

constructive

convenient

correct

decided

decreed

define

definitive

determine

determined

empiric

evident

exact

exactitude

facade

face

facial

fine

fix

flat

formative

front

frontal

happy

😀

hard-and-fast

head-on

in material form

male

masculine

no problem

obligate

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɒzɪtɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

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

Sinne

Reviews of the book were overwhelmingly positive .