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• positive -- (a Film1.) Movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick -- (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location")
  
  2.) Film, cinema, celluloid -- (a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events")
  
  film showing a Photographic1.) Photographic -- (relating to photography or obtained by using photography; "photographic equipment")
  
  2.) Photographic -- (representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph)
  
  photographic image whose Tones1.) Tone, tone of voice -- (the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice")
  
  2.) Tone -- ((linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones")
  
  tones correspond to those of the Original1.) Master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
  
  2.) Original, archetype, pilot -- (an original model on which something is patterned)
  
  original subject)

Overview of adj positive
      »   The adj positive has 11 meanings (first 6 from tagged texts)

• positive -- (Characterized1.) Qualify, characterize, characterise -- (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover")
  
  2.) Characterize, characterise -- (be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?")
  
  characterized by or Displaying1.) Expose, exhibit, display -- (to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship")
  
  2.) Reveal, display, show -- (make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government")
  
  displaying affirmation or Acceptance1.) Credence, acceptance -- (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years")
  
  2.) Adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal -- (the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance")
  
  acceptance or Certainty1.) Certainty -- (the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others")
  
  2.) Certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion -- (something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty")
  
  certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the Reviews1.) Reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment -- (a new appraisal or evaluation)
  
  2.) Review, critique, critical review, review article -- (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))
  
  reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand")

• positive, Electropositive1.) Positive, electropositive -- (having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive")
  
  electropositive -- (having a positive Electric1.) Electric, electric automobile, electric car -- (a car that is powered by electricity)
  
  1.) Electric, electrical -- (using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring"; "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm")
  
  electric charge; "Protons1.) Proton -- (a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron)
  
  protons are positive")

• plus, positive -- (Involving1.) Involve, affect, regard -- (connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business")
  
  2.) Involve -- (engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!")
  
  involving advantage or Good1.) Good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
  
  2.) Good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
  
  good; "a Plus1.) Asset, plus -- (a useful or valuable quality)
  
  2.) Summation, addition, plus -- (the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven")
  
  plus (or positive) factor")

• positive, Confirming1.) Confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm -- (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant")
  
  2.) Confirm, reassert -- (strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account")
  
  confirming -- (Indicating1.) Bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal -- (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued")
  
  2.) Indicate, point, show -- (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents")
  
  indicating existence or Presence1.) Presence -- (the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon")
  
  2.) Presence, front -- (the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company")
  
  presence of a Suspected1.) Suspect, surmise -- (imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it")
  
  2.) Distrust, mistrust, suspect -- (regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in)
  
  suspected condition or Pathogen1.) Pathogen -- (any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism))
  
  pathogen; "a positive Pregnancy1.) Pregnancy, gestation, maternity -- (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
  
  pregnancy test")

• positive, Prescribed1.) Order, prescribe, dictate -- (issue commands or orders for)
  
  1.) Prescribed -- (set down as a rule or guide)
  
  prescribed -- (Formally1.) Formally, officially -- (with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized")
  
  2.) Formally -- (in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally")
  
  formally laid down or Imposed1.) Enforce, impose -- (compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy")
  
  2.) Inflict, bring down, visit, impose -- (impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students")
  
  imposed; "positive laws")

• incontrovertible, Irrefutable1.) Incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive -- (impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument")
  
  irrefutable, positive -- (Impossible1.) Impossible -- (something that cannot be done; "his assignment verged on the impossible")
  
  1.) Impossible -- (not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation")
  
  impossible to Deny1.) Deny -- (declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money")
  
  2.) Deny -- (refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness")
  
  deny or Disprove1.) Disprove, confute -- (prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories")
  
  disprove; "incontrovertible Proof1.) Proof, cogent evidence -- (any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it")
  
  2.) Proof -- (a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it)
  
  proof of the defendant's innocence"; "Proof1.) Proof, cogent evidence -- (any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it")
  
  2.) Proof -- (a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it)
  
  proof positive"; "an Irrefutable1.) Incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive -- (impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument")
  
  irrefutable argument")

• positivist, Positivistic1.) Positivist, positivistic, positive -- (of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy")
  
  positivistic, positive -- (of or Relating1.) Associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all")
  
  2.) Refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
  
  relating to Positivism1.) Positivism, logical positivism -- (the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation))
  
  2.) Positivity, positiveness, positivism -- (a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness)
  
  positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "Positivist1.) Positivist, rationalist -- (someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes)
  
  1.) Positivist, positivistic, positive -- (of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy")
  
  positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy")

• positive -- (Reckoned1.) Think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess -- (expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up")
  
  2.) Calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast -- (judge to be probable)
  
  reckoned, situated or Tending1.) Care, attention, aid, tending -- (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention")
  
  1.) Tend, be given, lean, incline, run -- (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence")
  
  tending in the Direction1.) Direction, way -- (a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home")
  
  2.) Direction -- (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind")
  
  direction which Naturally1.) Naturally, of course, course -- (as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill")
  
  2.) Naturally, by nature -- (through inherent nature; "he was naturally lazy")
  
  naturally or Arbitrarily1.) Randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way -- (in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random")
  
  arbitrarily is Taken1.) Take -- (carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance")
  
  2.) Take, occupy, use up -- (require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time")
  
  taken to Indicate1.) Bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal -- (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued")
  
  2.) Indicate, point, show -- (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents")
  
  indicate increase or Progress1.) Advancement, progress -- (gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts")
  
  2.) Progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion -- (the act of moving forward toward a goal)
  
  progress or Onward1.) Forward, onward -- (moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events")
  
  1.) Forth, forward, onward -- (forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward")
  
  onward motion; "positive Increase1.) Addition, increase, gain -- (a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks")
  
  2.) Increase -- (a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month")
  
  increase in Graduating1.) Graduate -- (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990")
  
  2.) Graduate -- (confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year")
  
  graduating students")

• positive -- (Greater1.) Greater -- (greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles")
  
  1.) Great -- (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay")
  
  greater than Zero1.) Nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo -- (a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it")
  
  2.) Zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher -- (a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number)
  
  zero; "positive numbers")

• cocksure, Overconfident1.) Cocksure, overconfident, 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")
  
  overconfident, positive -- (Marked1.) Tag, label, mark -- (attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles")
  
  2.) Mark -- (designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border")
  
  marked by Excessive1.) Excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable -- (beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands")
  
  2.) Excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening -- (unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed")
  
  excessive confidence; "an Arrogant1.) Arrogant, chesty, self-important -- (having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock")
  
  arrogant and Cocksure1.) Cocksure, overconfident, 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")
  
  cocksure materialist"; "so Overconfident1.) Cocksure, overconfident, 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")
  
  overconfident and Impudent1.) Impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip -- (marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior")
  
  2.) Fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise -- (improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!")
  
  impudent as to Speak1.) Talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")
  
  2.) Talk, speak -- (exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words")
  
  speak to the queen"; "the less he Knows1.) Know -- (the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; "he is always in the know")
  
  1.) Know, cognize, cognise -- (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time")
  
  knows the more positive he gets")

• convinced, positive, Confident1.) Confident -- (having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment")
  
  2.) Convinced, positive, confident -- (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")
  
  confident -- (Persuaded1.) Carry, persuade, sway -- (win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters")
  
  2.) Persuade -- (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!")
  
  persuaded of; very Sure1.) Certain, sure -- (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends")
  
  2.) Certain, sure -- (exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors")
  
  sure; "were Convinced1.) Convert, win over, convince -- (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product")
  
  1.) Convinced -- (having a strong belief or conviction; "a convinced and fanatical pacifist")
  
  convinced that it would be to their Advantage1.) Advantage, vantage -- (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me")
  
  2.) Advantage -- ((tennis) first point scored after deuce)
  
  advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was Confident1.) Confident -- (having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment")
  
  2.) Convinced, positive, confident -- (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")
  
  confident he would win")

Related Terms - "Positive"

Meaning 1 of Positivepositive film, photographic film

• Footage1.) Footage -- (film that has been shot; "they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes"; "he edited the news footage")
  
  2.) Footage -- (a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done)
  
  Footage - Film that has been shot; "they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes"; "he edited the news footage"

• Microfilm1.) Microfilm -- (film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material)
  
  1.) Microfilm -- (record on microfilm)
  
  Microfilm - Film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material

• Motion-picture film1.) Motion-picture film, movie film, cine-film -- (photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera)
  
  Motion-picture film, Movie film1.) Motion-picture film, movie film, cine-film -- (photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera)
  
  Movie film, Cine-film1.) Motion-picture film, movie film, cine-film -- (photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera)
  
  Cine-film - Photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera

• Negative1.) Negative -- (a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative")
  
  2.) Negative -- (a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed)
  
  Negative - A reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

• Orthochromatic film1.) Orthochromatic film -- (a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light)
  
  Orthochromatic film - A photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light

• Panchromatic film1.) Panchromatic film -- (photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red))
  
  Panchromatic film - Photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red)

• Positive1.) Positive -- (a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject)
  
  1.) Positive -- (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand")
  
  Positive - A film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

• Reel1.) Reel -- (a Roll1.) Axial rotation, axial motion, roll -- (rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation")
  
  2.) Roll, roster -- (a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls")
  
  Roll - Rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector)
  
  2.) Reel -- (music composed for dancing a reel)
  
  Reel - A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

• roll - no definition found

• Roll film1.) Roll film -- (photographic film wound on a spool)
  
  Roll film - Photographic film wound on a spool

• Sequence1.) Sequence -- (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA")
  
  2.) Sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession -- (a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients")
  
  Sequence, Episode1.) Episode -- (a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events)
  
  2.) Episode -- (a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series)
  
  Episode - Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

• X-ray film1.) X-ray film -- (photographic film used to make X-ray pictures)
  
  X-ray film - Photographic film used to make X-ray pictures

• Film clip1.) Film clip -- (a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast)
  
  Film clip - A strip of motion picture film used in a telecast