Definizione monolingua

positive

positive

1. first-person singular present indicative of positiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of positiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of positiver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of positiver
5. second-person singular imperative of positiver

positive (plural positives)

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) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
5. (photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.

positive (comparative more positive, superlative most positive)

1. (law) Formally laid down. [from the 14th c.]
2. Stated definitively and without qualification. [from the 16th c.]
   • Francis Bacon:

     Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward’s son.

3. Fully assured in opinion. [from the 17th c.]

   • I’m absolutely positive youve spelt that wrong.

4. (mathematics) Of number, greater than zero. [from the 18th c.]
5. Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
   • Jonathan Swift:

     a positive voice in legislation.

6. Overconfident, dogmatic.
   • Alexander Pope:

     Some positive, persisting fops we know, That, if once wrong, will needs be always so.

7. (chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
   • Francis Bacon:

     Positive good.

8. (physics) Having more protons than electrons.

   • A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.

9. (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb; not comparative or superlative.

   • ‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the positive form ‘good’.

10. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.

    • The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals.

11. Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.

    • The box was not empty – I felt some positive substance within it.

12. Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.

    • The results of our experiment are positive.

13. (photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.

    • A positive photograph can be developed from a photographic negative.

14. Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.

    • The first-night reviews were largely positive.

15. Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.

    • Good lord, youve built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.

16. Optimistic. [from the 20th c.]

    • He has a positive outlook on life.

17. (slang) HIV positive.

Definizione dizionario positive

	positivo
	definitely laid down

	sicuro
	Senza qualsiasi dubbio o possibilità di deviazione.
	Without any doubt or possibility of deviation.

certo

costruttivo

deciso

definitivo

favorevole

inconfutabile

positiva

preciso

vero

Altri significati:

photography: a positive image

(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.

adjective or adverb in the positive degree

Characterized by affirmation, constructiveness, or influence for the better; favourable.

Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.

philosophy: actual, real, concrete

(chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete.

characterised by affirmation and constructiveness

(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.

physics: having more protons than electrons

A favourable point or characteristic.

Definitively laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed, precise, emphatic.

mathematics: greater than zero

(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.

(slang) HIV positive.

Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.

Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

Fully assured, confident; certain.

Characterized by the existence or presence of qualities or features, rather than by their absence.

Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.

Greater than zero.

slang: HIV positive

Overconfident, dogmatic.

A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.

fully assured, confident

The uncompared form of an adjective or adverb.

(physics) Having more protons than electrons.

(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.

(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb; not comparative or superlative.