positive
373
4.1
- adjective
- /ˈpɒzɪtɪv/
- Specialized
:
positivo
- Patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus have sadly died.
- a positive test
- false positive
- positive and negative
President Biden fully vaccinated, twice boosted, has tested positive for COVID.
- President Biden fully vaccinated, twice boosted, has tested positive for COVID.
- Who knows, maybe I would test positive in, in APCR test for COVID right now.
- And I don't want you to feel like like being born HIV positive has to change things for you.
- There's a new film that's been released about a woman who's HIV positive and who spoke publicly about it.
- This is the probability of this test that we do giving a false positive.
- He's like, Sir, I'm not COVID positive.
- And she tells me that she tested positive for HIV and that we had a huge orgy that night.
- There are not enough tests, not enough coronavirus tests, but famous people keep testing positive.
- OK, so when you gave her that positive pregnancy test, you had already lost the baby?
- Finally, the test came back positive after after some health workers had already been infected.
- And so boys, you know, we, there is no way of us knowing if a boy is HPV positive.
- Well, like I said, there was a weak marking, positive marking by the cadaver dog in the in the Bush right outside the patio.
- I mean, I bet his arm would test positive for Bison if they checked his arms out and Jon Jones one Jon Jones.
Examples
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OK, so when you gave her that positive pregnancy test, you had already lost the baby?
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Finally, the test came back positive after after some health workers had already been infected.
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Where exactly did I tell you I tested positive?
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- All the tests were positive.
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The test was positive for cancer, Ernest.
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President Biden fully vaccinated, twice boosted, has tested positive for COVID.
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Evelda Drumgo's HIV positive.
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The doctor informed her that her test result was positive for the disease after the examination.
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After the lab results were reviewed, it was confirmed that several patients tested positive for the virus.
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His initial test came back positive, indicating that further treatment would be necessary.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
4.3
A process where a small change causes larger changes in a system
- Specialized
2
3.9
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
1
6.3
Part of economics that describes, explains, and predicts how the economy works without giving opinions
- Specialized
A blood group whose red blood cells have the Rh factor, common in most people
- Specialized
An adverb that shows a simple way something happens, not a comparison
- Specialized
The base form of an adjective or adverb that shows a quality without comparison
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The end of a magnet that points toward the north when it hangs freely
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A small particle with positive electric charge that turns into other tiny particles
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A battery terminal marked with a plus sign that connects to the red wire
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A thing given after a behavior that makes it more likely to happen again
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Something pleasant that someone gives after a behavior to make it happen again
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Something like praise or a reward that makes someone do something again
How Evident
65
4.8
- Specialized
373
4.1
55
6.5
300
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Positive comes from an old Latin root posit- from ponere meaning 'to put' or 'place', with the idea of something being clearly shown or present. So a positive test result means the thing (like a disease or substance) is 'there' or has been detected.