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POSITIVE (Collocations (Consisting in or characterized by the presence…
POSITIVE
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Constructive, optimistic, or confident.
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Containing, producing, or denoting an electric charge opposite to that carried by electrons.
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A result of a test or experiment indicating that a certain substance or condition is present or exists.
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Word origin
Late Middle English: from Old French positif, -ive or Latin positivus, from posit- ‘placed’, from the verb ponere. The original sense referred to laws as being formally ‘laid down’, which gave rise to the sense ‘explicitly laid down and admitting no question’, hence ‘certain’.
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