positive

Sense 1 noun

the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

Sense 2 adjective

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

a positive attitude

Sense 3 noun

a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

Sense 4 adjective

involving advantage or good

a plus (or positive) factor

Sense 5 adjective

indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

a positive pregnancy test

Sense 6 adjective

formally laid down or imposed

positive laws

Sense 7 adjective

impossible to deny or disprove

incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence

Sense 8 adjective

of or relating to positivism

positivist thinkers

Sense 9 adjective

reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

positive increase in graduating students

Sense 10 adjective

greater than zero

positive numbers

Sense 11 adjective

having a positive charge

protons are positive

Sense 12 adjective

marked by excessive confidence

an arrogant and cocksure materialist