positive

/ˈpä-zə-tiv/

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin positivus, from positus, past participle of ponere

adjective

  1. formally laid down or imposed : prescribed

  2. expressed clearly or peremptorily

  3. fully assured : confident

positive laws

her answer was a positive no

sure certain positive cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence.

noun

  1. something positive: such as

  2. the positive degree of comparison in a language

  3. a positive form of an adjective or adverb

adjective

  1. having a positive value for all values of the constituent variables

  2. having the characteristic roots real and positive

positive definite quadratic forms