positive

Forms

1.Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
- I try to be positive all the time.
- Tom's speech ended on a positive note.
- We've gotten a lot of positive feedback.
2.Formally laid down.
- In laws, that which is natural bindeth universally; that which is positive, not so.
3.Stated definitively and without qualification.
- Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward’s son.
4.Fully assured in opinion.
- I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.

1.A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
2.A favourable point or characteristic.
- Not a bad situation when we weigh all the positives.
3.A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
4.Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

Common· #1052

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

Compare posit.