positive

B1 · Intermediate

adj. completely sure that something is correct or true.

adj. fully assured in opinion or assertion; certain of a fact.

日本語:確か※

“Are you positive that you locked the front door before we left?”

“The witness remained positive about the identity of the suspect, despite intense questioning from the defence attorney.”

B1 · Intermediate Science Technical

adj. describing a number greater than zero, or a type of electric charge.

adj. denoting a quantity greater than zero, or relating to the kind of electricity that is carried by protons.

日本語:正※

Español:positivo

“The temperature stayed positive all day, so the ice on the road melted.”

“In this chemical reaction, the positive ions migrate toward the cathode while the negative ions move in the opposite direction.”

B1 · Intermediate Medicine

adj. showing that a disease or condition is present after a medical test.

adj. indicating the presence of a particular condition, substance, or organism in a clinical test.

“He had a positive test result for the flu and had to stay home.”

“The laboratory confirmed a positive result for the antibodies, suggesting that the patient had been exposed to the virus previously.”

C1 · Advanced Education Technical

adj. the basic form of an adjective, like 'big' instead of 'bigger'.

adj. relating to the primary degree of an adjective or adverb, as opposed to the comparative or superlative.

“In the sentence 'He is tall', the word 'tall' is in the positive degree.”

“The student struggled to identify the positive form of the irregular adverb, mistakenly providing the comparative instead.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. a good quality or a reason to be happy about a situation.

n. a quality or attribute that is advantageous or beneficial.

“One of the positives of the new job is that it is very close to my house.”

“Despite the project's failure, the team focused on the positives, such as the new technical skills they had acquired during the process.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Science Technical

n. a photograph that shows the real colors, not the opposite ones like a negative.

n. a film or print that shows the images in their natural colours and shades.

“The photographer developed the film and produced a clear positive.”

“Before digital sensors became standard, slide film was used to create a transparent positive that could be projected onto a large screen.”