characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.;
"a positive attitude"
"the reviews were all positive"
"a positive benefit"
"a positive demand"
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"
involving advantage or good;
"a plus (or positive) factor"
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen;
"a positive pregnancy test"
formally laid down or imposed;
"positive laws"
impossible to deny or disprove;
"incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"
"proof positive"
"an irrefutable argument"
of or relating to positivism;
"positivist thinkers"
"positivist doctrine"
"positive philosophy"
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"
greater than zero;
"positive numbers"
having a positive charge;
"protons are 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"