positive
Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
Adjective 4 meanings
Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
Formally laid down.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Fully assured in opinion.
“I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.”
Noun 4 meanings
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
A favourable point or characteristic.
“Not a bad situation when we weigh all the positives.”
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
Etymology
From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit.
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POSITIVE at a glance
POSITIVE has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + I 1 + T 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,070 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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