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positive

  • adjective
  • pos·it·ive
  • pŏzʹĭ-tĭv

Included, present, characterized by affirmation.

Other meanings

  1. Formally laid down.

  2. Stated definitively and without qualification.

Example sentences

  • “You can't buy anything with positive thinking.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
  • “She wants to leave a positive impact.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "positivus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “positive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.