All 5 Uses
positive
in
Twelve Angry Men
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- Everybody sounded so positive that I started to get a peculiar feeling about this trial.†
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- I mean, nothing is that positive.†
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- But to identify it positively from the apartment downstairs ....Isn't it possible he was wrong—that maybe he thought the boy was upstairs and automatically decided that the voice he heard was the boy's voice?†
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- He was very positive about it.†
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- How could he be positive about anything?†
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Definitions:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
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(2)
(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.