All 5 Uses
positive
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The Tipping Point
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- Because you know what, the power of positive thinking will overcome so many things.†
Chpt 2 *positive = optimistic
- I think I was positively creative in terms of my mental cruelty.†
Chpt 4 *positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- And what can we do to deliberately start and control positive epidemics of our own?†
Chpt Intr.
- They were simply asked to score the emotional content of the expressions of these three men on a 21-point scale, with the lowest being "extremely negative" and the highest point on the scale "extremely positive."†
Chpt 2
- She had a smattering of reviews here and there, mostly positive, and in the end her book sold a very respectable 15,000 copies in hardcover.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
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(positive as in: had a positive effect) good or beneficial
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(positive as in: positive feedback from my boss) approval or agreement
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(positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing on good things); or agreeable
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(positive as in: The test came back positive.) found a condition or substance to be present
indicating the presence of something being tested for -- especially a disease, condition, or substance -
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(positive as in: a positive number) greater than zero (of a number)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for less common meanings of positive including some in the fields of electricity, physics, chemistry, medicine, philosophy, and grammar. Note that most all senses of positive indicate that something is good or present.