Positive
//ˈpɑzɪtɪv//
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The word "positive" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.
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A positive COVID-positive Gram-positive HIV-positive I am HIV positive Rh positive RhD positive Rhesus positive body-positive contrapositive copositive copropositive cytopositive diapositive dipositive false positive geopositive homopositive hydropositive immunofluoropositive immunopositive interpositive juxtapositive limit of positive stability look on the positive side multipositive nature-positive overpositive pawsitive photopositive police positive posi posistor positive action positive airway pressure positive assortative mating positive atheist positive column positive contribution positive control positive crystal positive degree positive discrimination positive displacement pump positive drainage positive economics positive edge positive edge-triggered positive education positive electricity positive eugenics positive eyepiece positive feedback positive law positive linear functional positive logic positive lookahead positive lookaround positive lookbehind positive material identification positive measure positive mental attitude positive motion positive neutralism positive neutrality positive number positive organ positive philosophy positive pion positive polarity item positive pole positive punk positive quantity positive recurrence positive recurrent positive reinforcement positive rotation positive sense positive side waterproofing positive sign positive split positive statement positive thinking positive transfer positive transition positive zero positive-definite positive-edge-triggered positive-sum positively positiveness positivism positivist positivity positivize positone positron postpositive posynomial proof positive quasipositive semi-positive semipositive seropositive sex-positive sociopositive superpositive task-positive technopositive tripositive unipositive unpositive viropositive xenopositive
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abo acid actual affirmative augmentative basic blood blood type cell comparative concrete constructive diminutive dogmatic downright electrolytic electropositive emotion energy enjoyable feeling good hiv positive lay down metallic negative neutral optimistic outright phenotype plate pleasant real rh rhesus system speculative superlative supportive theoretical thought voltaic
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