All 7 Uses

positive
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Tears of a Tiger
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Robbie always had a cheerful grin and a positive attitude.†

positive = optimistic or agreeable
We hope you had a safe and restful holiday and have come back ready with a positive attitude to successfully handle the academic tasks before you.†
You have progressed from a state of "wanting to die" to the much more positive outlook of "learning to live."†
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positive = optimistic
It will always be difficult to deal with, Andy, but taking one day at a time, with a positive attitude, is the only way to do it.†

positive = optimistic or agreeable
Or where black is used as a positive and white is used as a negative?†
It's society that implants positives or negatives onto certain ideas.†
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His behavior is really not out of the ordinaryanger, depression, even tears-are all positive signs that he is in the process of working it out.†
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Definitions:

(1) (positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!)
certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
(2) (positive as in: had a positive effect)
good or beneficial
(3) (positive as in: positive feedback from my boss)
approval or agreement
(4) (positive as in: a positive attitude)
optimistic (expecting or focusing on good things); or agreeable
(5) (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
(6) (positive as in: a positive number)
greater than zero (of a number)
(7) (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.