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positives

positives is the plural of positive.

Meaning of positive

Noun

positive (plural positives)

  1. A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
    • rating Positives by their Privatives1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  2. A favourable point or characteristic.
    • Not a bad situation when we weigh all the positives.
  3. Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
  4. A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
  5. An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
  6. A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.
    Antonyms:
    negative

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Phrases with positives

Questions about positives

What is positives the plural of?
Positives is the plural of positive.

Words near positives in the dictionary

  1. positive-sum
  2. positively
  3. positiveness
  4. positivenesses
  5. positiver
  6. positives
  7. positivest
  8. positivism
  9. positivisms
  10. positivist
  11. positivistic

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