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Is the word positive a verb?
Positive is not a verb; it is an adjective. Posit is a verb.
What is an example of a positive pronoun?
If «positive» is really the word you mean: Adjectives may be
positive, comparative or superlative.
In English, pronouns are not described as positive but
adjectives are positive and verbs can be positive or negative.
A positive adjective is the simple for of the adjective, from
which the comparative and superlative are formed. For example,
smart is the positive form of the adjective; smarter is the
comparative form; and smartest is the superlative form.
Verbs can be positive or negative. for example, has or has not
(hasn’t); does or does not (doesn’t); can or can not (can’t),
etc.
Is the word pretty a comparative or superlative adjective?
Neither. Pretty is the positive degree. The comparative is
prettier; the superlative is prettiest.
The plural of the word recent?
The word ‘recent’ is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun. Adjectives do not have a singular and plural form.Adjectives have a positive, comparative, and superlative form, for example:recent (positive)more recent (comparative)most recent (superlative)
What are the example of negative adjective and positive adjective?
a negative adjective would be fat or chunky while a positive
adjective meaning the same thing would be big build or heavy
set.
pos·i·tive
(pŏz′ĭ-tĭv)
adj.
1. Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation: a positive answer; positive criticism.
2. Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress: positive steps.
3.
a. Desirable, admirable, or beneficial: a woman with many positive qualities; the positive features of this new software.
b. Optimistic or constructive: a positive attitude.
c. Not disparaging or malicious: ran a positive political campaign.
4. Very confident; certain: I’m positive he’s right. See Synonyms at sure.
5. Explicitly or openly expressed or laid down: a positive demand.
6. Admitting of no doubt; irrefutable: positive proof.
7. Concerned with practical rather than theoretical matters.
8. Philosophy
a. Of or relating to being or the possession of qualities rather than non-being or the absence of qualities: the question of the positive existence of evil.
b. Of or relating to positivism.
c. Of or relating to positive law.
9. Of or relating to religion based on revelation rather than on nature or reason alone.
10. Informal Utter; absolute: a positive darling.
11. Mathematics
a. Relating to or designating a quantity greater than zero.
b. Relating to or designating the sign (+).
c. Relating to or designating a quantity, number, angle, or direction opposite to another designated as negative.
12. Physics
a. Relating to or designating an electric charge of a sign opposite to that of an electron.
b. Of or relating to a body having fewer electrons than protons.
13. Chemistry Of or relating to an ion, the cation, that is attracted to a negative electrode.
14. Medicine Indicating the presence of a particular disease, condition, or organism: a positive test for pregnancy.
15. Biology Indicating or characterized by response or motion toward the source of a stimulus, such as light: positive tropism.
16. Having the areas of light and dark in their original and normal relationship, as in a photographic print made from a negative.
17. Grammar Of, relating to, or being the simple uncompared degree of an adjective or adverb, as opposed to either the comparative or superlative.
18. Driven by or generating power directly through intermediate machine parts having little or no play: positive drive.
n.
1. An affirmative element or characteristic.
2. Mathematics A quantity greater than zero.
3. Physics A positive electric charge.
4. A photographic image in which the lights and darks appear as they do in nature.
5. Grammar
a. The uncompared degree of an adjective or adverb.
b. A word in this degree.
6. Music A division of some pipe organs, similar in sound to the great but smaller and less powerful.
[Middle English, having a specified quality, from Old French positif, from Latin positīvus, formally laid down, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
pos′i·tive·ly adv.
pos′i·tive·ness, pos′i·tiv′i·ty n.
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positive
(ˈpɒzɪtɪv)
adj
1. characterized by or expressing certainty or affirmation: a positive answer.
2. composed of or possessing actual or specific qualities; real: a positive benefit.
3. tending to emphasize what is good or laudable; constructive: he takes a very positive attitude when correcting pupils’ mistakes.
4. tending towards progress or improvement; moving in a beneficial direction
5. (Philosophy) philosophy
a. constructive rather than sceptical
b. (of a concept) denoting the presence rather than the absence of some property
6. independent of circumstances; absolute or unqualified
7. (prenominal) informal (intensifier): a positive delight.
8. (Mathematics) maths
a. having a value greater than zero: a positive number.
b. designating, consisting of, or graduated in one or more quantities greater than zero: positive direction.
9. (Mathematics) maths
a. measured in a direction opposite to that regarded as negative
b. having the same magnitude as but opposite sense to an equivalent negative quantity
10. (Grammar) grammar denoting the usual form of an adjective as opposed to its comparative or superlative form
11. (Biology) biology indicating movement or growth towards a particular stimulus
12. (General Physics) physics
a. (of an electric charge) having an opposite polarity to the charge of an electron and the same polarity as the charge of a proton
b. (of a body, system, ion, etc) having a positive electric charge; having a deficiency of electrons: a positive ion.
c. (of a point in an electric circuit) having a higher electric potential than some other point with an assigned zero potential
14. (General Physics) (of a lens) capable of causing convergence of a parallel beam of light
15. (Medicine) med (of the results of an examination or test) indicating the existence or presence of a suspected disorder or pathogenic organism
16. (Medicine) med (of the effect of a drug or therapeutic regimen) beneficial or satisfactory
18. (Mechanical Engineering) (of a machine part) having precise motion with no hysteresis or backlash
19. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly US (of a government) directly involved in activities beyond the minimum maintenance of law and order, such as social welfare or the organization of scientific research
20. (Economics) economics of or denoting an analysis that is free of ethical, political, or value judgments
21. (Astrology) astrology of, relating to, or governed by the group of signs of the zodiac that belong to the air and fire classifications, which are associated with a self-expressive spontaneous nature
n
22. something that is positive
23. (Mathematics) maths a quantity greater than zero
24. (Photography) photog a print or slide showing a photographic image whose colours or tones correspond to those of the original subject
25. (Grammar) grammar the positive degree of an adjective or adverb
26. (Chemistry) a positive object, such as a terminal or plate in a voltaic cell
27. (Instruments) music
a. Also called: positive organ a medieval nonportable organ with one manual and no pedals. Compare portative organ
b. a variant spelling of positif
[C13: from Late Latin positīvus positive, agreed on an arbitrary basis, from pōnere to place]
ˈpositiveness, ˌposiˈtivity n
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pos•i•tive
(ˈpɒz ɪ tɪv)
adj.
1. confident in opinion or assertion; sure: He is positive that he’ll win.
2. showing or expressing approval or agreement; favorable: a positive reaction to the speech.
3. expressing or containing an assertion or affirmation; affirmative: a positive answer.
4. emphasizing what is laudable, hopeful, or to the good; constructive: a positive attitude.
5. explicitly or emphatically stated, stipulated, or expressed; definite: a positive denial.
6. admitting of no question; incontrovertible: positive proof.
7. overconfident or dogmatic.
8. without relation to or comparison with other things; not relative or comparative; absolute.
9. downright; out-and-out: a positive genius.
10. not speculative or theoretical; practical: a positive approach to the problem.
11. possessing an actual force, being, existence, etc.
12. Philos.
a. constructive and sure, rather than skeptical.
b. concerned with or based on matters of experience: positive philosophy.
13. consisting in or characterized by the presence or possession of distinguishing or marked qualities or features (opposed to negative).
14. noting the presence of such qualities, as a term.
15. measured or proceeding in a direction assumed as beneficial, progressive, or auspicious: a positive trend.
16. determined by enactment or convention; arbitrarily laid down: positive laws.
17.
a. noting or pertaining to the electricity in a body or substance that is deficient in electrons.
b. indicating a point in a circuit that has a higher potential than that of another point, the current flowing from the point of higher potential to the point of lower potential.
18. of, pertaining to, or noting the north pole of a magnet.
19. (of a chemical element or group) tending to lose electrons and become positively charged; basic.
20.
a. (of blood, affected tissue, etc.) showing the presence of disease.
b. (of a diagnostic test) indicating the presence of the disease, condition, etc., tested for.
c. (of a person) diagnosed as having a specified disease or medical condition.
21. noting a numerical quantity greater than zero.
22. of or designating the initial degree of grammatical comparison, used with reference to the simple, base form of an adjective or adverb, as good or smoothly. Compare comparative (def. 4), superlative (def. 2).
23. (of government) assuming control or regulation of activities beyond those involved merely with the maintenance of law and order.
24. Biol. oriented or moving toward the focus of excitation: a positive tropism.
25. of or designating a photographic print or transparency showing the brightness values as they are in the subject.
n.
26. something positive.
27. a positive quality or characteristic.
28. a positive quantity or symbol.
29.
a. the positive degree in grammatical comparison.
b. the positive form of an adjective or adverb.
30. a positive photographic image, as on a print or transparency.
[1250–1300; Middle English positif (< Middle French) < Latin positīvus.]
pos′i•tive•ness, n.
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pos·i·tive
(pŏz′ĭ-tĭv)
1. Greater than zero, as 12.
2. Having the electric charge of a proton. The symbol for a positive charge is a plus sign.
3. Showing the presence, as in a blood test, of a suspected disease or microorganism.
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positive
- litotes — From Greek litos, «simple, single,» it refers to an ironical understatement (e.g. no small amount) or two negatives used to make a positive (e.g. it was not unsuccessful); it is pronounced lie-TOH-teez, LEYED-uh-teez, LID-uh-teez, or leye-TOHD-eez.
- set point — One’s set point (for happiness) is a genetically determined level of happiness, to which one returns after positive or negative emotional experiences.
- Positive, comparative, superlative, — Positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying a sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective.
- acceptable face — The positive or reasonable side of something.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | positive — the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
positive degree adjective — a word that expresses an attribute of something adverb — a word that modifies something other than a noun |
| 2. |  positive — a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
photographic film, film — photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies lantern slide, slide — a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector |
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| Adj. | 1. | positive — characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; «a positive attitude»; «the reviews were all positive»; «a positive benefit»; «a positive demand»
affirmative, affirmatory — affirming or giving assent; «an affirmative decision»; «affirmative votes» constructive — constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; «constructive criticism»; «a constructive attitude»; «a constructive philosophy»; «constructive permission» optimistic — expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; «in an optimistic mood»; «optimistic plans»; «took an optimistic view» supportive — furnishing support or assistance; «a supportive family network»; «his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer» negative — characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; «a negative outlook on life»; «a colorless negative personality»; «a negative evaluation»; «a negative reaction to an advertising campaign» neutral — possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics |
| 2. | positive — persuaded of; very sure; «were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join»; «I am positive he is lying»; «was confident he would win»
convinced, confident sure, certain — having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; «felt certain of success»; «was sure (or certain) she had seen it»; «was very sure in his beliefs»; «sure of her friends» |
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| 3. | positive — involving advantage or good; «a plus (or positive) factor»
plus advantageous — giving an advantage; «a contract advantageous to our country»; «socially advantageous to entertain often» |
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| 4. | positive — indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; «a positive pregnancy test»
confirming medical specialty, medicine — the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques disconfirming, negative — not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; «the HIV test was negative» |
|
| 5. | positive — formally laid down or imposed; «positive laws»
prescribed formal — being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); «pay one’s formal respects»; «formal dress»; «a formal ball»; «the requirement was only formal and often ignored»; «a formal education» |
|
| 6. | positive — impossible to deny or disprove; «incontrovertible proof of the defendant’s innocence»; «proof positive»; «an irrefutable argument»
incontrovertible, irrefutable undeniable — not possible to deny |
|
| 7. | positive — of or relating to positivism; «positivist thinkers»; «positivist doctrine»; «positive philosophy»
positivist, positivistic |
|
| 8. | positive — 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»
negative — reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; «negative interest rates» |
|
| 9. | positive — greater than zero; «positive numbers»
math, mathematics, maths — a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement plus — on the positive side or higher end of a scale; «a plus value»; «temperature of plus 5 degrees»; «a grade of C plus» |
|
| 10. | positive — having a positive charge; «protons are positive»
electropositive, positively charged charged — of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; «charged particles»; «a charged battery» |
|
| 11. | positive — marked by excessive confidence; «an arrogant and cocksure materialist»; «so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen»; «the less he knows the more positive he gets»
cocksure, overconfident confident — having or marked by confidence or assurance; «a confident speaker»; «a confident reply»; «his manner is more confident these days»; «confident of fulfillment» |
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positive
adjective
2. beneficial, effective, useful, practical, helpful, progressive, productive, worthwhile, constructive, pragmatic, efficacious Working abroad should be a positive experience.
beneficial useless, harmful, detrimental, impractical, unhelpful
4. certain, sure, convinced, confident, satisfied, assured, free from doubt I’m positive she said she’d be here.
certain uncertain, unsure, unconvinced, not confident, unassured
5. definite, real, clear, firm, certain, direct, express, actual, absolute, concrete, decisive, explicit, affirmative, clear-cut, unmistakable, conclusive, unequivocal, indisputable, categorical, incontrovertible there was no positive evidence
definite uncertain, doubtful, indefinite, inconclusive, indecisive, contestable, disputable
6. (Informal) absolute, complete, perfect, right (Brit. informal), real, total, rank, sheer, utter, thorough, downright, consummate, veritable, unqualified, out-and-out, unmitigated, thoroughgoing, unalloyed He was in a positive fury.
7. good, promising, pleasing, encouraging, welcome, favourable, heartening, auspicious, propitious He said that the agreement could be a positive sign
Quotations
«positive: mistaken at the top of one’s voice» [Ambrose Bierce The Devil’s Dictionary]
«You’ve got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive»
«Elim-my-nate the negative»
«Latch on to the affirmative»
«Don’t mess with Mister In-Between» [Johnny Mercer Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
positive
adjective
1. Of a constructive nature:
3. Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed:
categorical, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, explicit, express, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal.
4. Established beyond a doubt:
certain, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, sure, unassailable, undeniable, undisputable, unquestionable.
7. Informal. Completely such, without qualification or exception:
absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.
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Translations
إثْباتي، لا يَدُل على مُقارَنَهأكْثَر من صِفْرإيجابيإيجابي، متفائِلإِيجَابِيّ
pozitivpozitivníkladnýnaprostýprvní stupeň
positivfuldkommengrundformgrundforms-
positiivinentodellinentosiasiavarmavarsinainen
pozitivpozitivan
biztospozitívpozitív kép
algjörjákvæî mynd, ljósmynd/skyggnajákvæîurjákvæîur, jákvætt hlaîinnjákvæîur, stærri en núll
確信している
적극적인
nelyginamasisnelyginamasis laipsnispozityvaspozityvumaspozityvus
apstiprinošsdrošsgalīgskonstruktīvsneapšaubāms
jednoznačnýpozitívpozitívnyprvý stupeň
gotovnedvoumenpozitivenpritrdilen
positiv
ซึ่งมองในแง่ดี
chắc chắn
positive
[ˈpɒzɪtɪv]
C. ADV
to test positive → dar positivo
you have to think positive → hay que ser positivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
positive
[ˈpɒzɪtɪv]
adj
(= good) [experience, effect, fact, situation, contribution] → positif/ive
(= certain) → sûr(e), certain(e)
I’m positive → J’en suis certain.
to be positive about sth → être certain(e) de qch
to be positive (that)
I’m positive (that) I’m → Je suis certain(e) d’être …
I was positive I’d locked the door → J’étais certaine d’avoir fermé la porte à clé.
He’s positive that he had → Il est certain d’avoir …
He was positive that he had seen it in the newspaper → Il était certain de l’avoir vu dans le journal.
I’m positive she
BUT Je suis certain qu’elle.(e)
She’s positive you
BUT Elle est certaine que vous.
[response] → positif/ive
[test] → positif/ive
(= definite) [change] → effectif/ive; [decision] → ferme; [action, step] → concret/ète
to do sth positive → faire qch de concret positive thinking
[figure, number] → positif/ive
[electrical charge] → positif/ive
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
positive
adj
(Math, Phot, Elec, Gram) → positiv; positive pole → Pluspol m; the positive degree (Gram) → der Positiv
positive
:
positive vetting
n → Sicherheitsüberprüfung f
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positive
[ˈpɒzɪtɪv] adj
a. (gen, also) (Elec, Math, Phot) → positivo/a; (constructive, advice, help, criticism) → costruttivo/a
we look forward to a positive reply (Comm) → in attesa di una risposta favorevole
b. (definite, gen) → positivo/a, preciso/a; (improvement, increase) → deciso/a; (proof) → inconfutabile
are you sure? — yes, positive → sei sicuro? — sicurissimo
to make a positive contribution to sth → dare un contributo effettivo a qc
he’s a positive nuisance → è un vero rompiscatole
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
positive
(ˈpozətiv) adjective
1. meaning or saying `yes’. a positive answer; They tested the water for the bacteria and the result was positive (= the bacteria were present).
2. definite; leaving no doubt. positive proof.
3. certain or sure. I’m positive he’s right.
4. complete or absolute. His work is a positive disgrace.
5. optimistic and prepared to make plans for the future. Take a more positive attitude to life.
6. not showing any comparison; not comparative or superlative.
7. (of a number etc) greater than zero.
8. having fewer electrons than normal. In an electrical circuit, electrons flow to the positive terminal.
noun
1. a photographic print, made from a negative, in which light and dark are as normal.
2. (an adjective or adverb of) the positive (not comparative or superlative) degree.
ˈpositiveness nounˈpositively adverb
1. in a positive way. He stated positively that he was innocent.
2. absolutely; completely. He is positively the nastiest person I know.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
positive
→ إِيجَابِيّ pozitivní positiv positiv θετικός positivo positiivinen positif pozitivan positivo 確信している 적극적인 positief positiv pozytywny positivo позитивный positiv ซึ่งมองในแง่ดี olumlu chắc chắn 肯定的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pos·i·tive
a. positivo-a, afirmativo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- My blood group is O positive
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
positive
adj & n positivo; false — falso positivo; true — verdadero positivo
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According to many sites and books, adjectives are classified into three groups:
- positive
- comparative
- superlative
While I understand well why the last two are called «comparative» and «superlative» I don’t understand at all why the other form is called positive (while in fact it can be as well as negative such as bad etc)
asked Apr 15, 2018 at 16:32
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«Positive» in this context is a grammarian’s term that just means «base form»; the positive form is the base form of the adjective. The word does not carry any implications of goodness or praiseworthiness, thus you can have bad (base or positive) worse (comparative) and worst (superlative).
answered Apr 15, 2018 at 16:42
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The positive sense indicates that the noun modified by the adjective has the characteristic referred to by the adjective. If X is a noun and a is an adjective modifying X then one could say X is or has a. Only one word, in this case x, is involved. For example, «He is strong.» It is positive in the sense that the subject positively has the attribute. It can, however, be a negative attribute, for example «He is weak.»
The comparative form allows you to state who has more or the most of the given modifier among a group to which the attribute applies. Hence if X, Y, and Z are a then they are all a-ish, but X is a-er than Y and Z so x is a-est.
answered Apr 15, 2018 at 17:40
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Table of Contents
- Is positive a noun verb or adjective?
- Is positive adjective or adverb?
- Is positively a noun?
- What is a positive form of a noun?
- What is a word for positive?
- What is the root word for positive?
- What word is vivacious?
- What is the synonyms for vivacious?
- What is another word for gorgeous?
- What is the full meaning of dynamic?
- How can a person become dynamic?
- Who is an example of a dynamic character?
- What is the meaning of dynamic nature?
- What is the example of dynamic media?
- What’s a dynamic in music?
- What are the types of dynamics in music?
- What are the dynamic symbols in music?
positive (adjective) positive (noun) positive discrimination (noun)
Is positive a noun verb or adjective?
noun. Definition of positive (Entry 2 of 2) : something positive: such as. a(1) : the positive degree of comparison in a language. (2) : a positive form of an adjective or adverb.
Is positive adjective or adverb?
“Positive degree” is a term that relates to adjectives and adverbs. An adjective or adverb that does not make a comparison is said to be in the positive degree. (In other words, the “positive degree” is the normal form of an adjective or adverb.)
Is positively a noun?
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual. A favourable point or characteristic. Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
What is a positive form of a noun?
Lesson Summary. Remember, the positive form is used to describe nouns (people, places or things) or to describe verbs (actions). Adjectives in the positive form describe people, places or things. Adverbs in the positive form describe actions.
What is a word for positive?
Frequently Asked Questions About positive Some common synonyms of positive are certain, cocksure, and sure. While all these words mean “having no doubt or uncertainty,” positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it.
What is the root word for positive?
positive (adj.) and directly from Latin positivus “settled by agreement, positive” (opposed to naturalis “natural”), from positus, past participle of ponere “put, place” (see position (n.)).
What word is vivacious?
: lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly.
What is the synonyms for vivacious?
Frequently Asked Questions About vivacious Some common synonyms of vivacious are animated, gay, lively, and sprightly. While all these words mean “keenly alive and spirited,” vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring.
What is another word for gorgeous?
Some common synonyms of gorgeous are glorious, resplendent, splendid, sublime, and superb.
What is the full meaning of dynamic?
dynamic adjective (FULL OF ENERGY) having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm: She’s young and dynamic and will be a great addition to the team.
How can a person become dynamic?
Here are seven easy ways to be the most dynamic person in the room.
- Don’t Be Afraid Of Some Eye Contact.
- Be A Great Listener.
- Ask Follow Up Questions.
- Dress To Impress.
- Have A Few Good Stories Ready To Tell.
- Offer Up Specific Details.
- Remember To Stay Humble.
Who is an example of a dynamic character?
A dynamic character is changed by the conflicts endured throughout the course of the story. Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Hamlet, Prince Hal, and Neville Longbottom are just a few examples of dynamic characters.
What is the meaning of dynamic nature?
The fundamental principle of dynamic nature is simple – nature is a dynamic complex. It is constantly changing in a span of time. These changes can happen in a matter of minutes, for example an ancient forest hit by a windstorm or a flood that can change a river bed.
Answer. Answer: static media are the texts, the non-animated images, the maps, the graphics, etc. Whereas some examples of the dynamic media are the computer animation, the video and the sound.
What’s a dynamic in music?
Dynamics refers to the volume of a sound or note. The term is also applied to the written or printed musical notation used to indicate dynamics. Dynamics are relative and do not refer to specific volume levels. Forte means loud and piano means soft.
What are the types of dynamics in music?
Damsel: There are four main dynamics: piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte and forte. Any extremely quiet or extremely loud dynamics are shown by repeating the letter, like pianissimo and fortissimo.
What are the dynamic symbols in music?
Table of Dynamic Signs
| Dynamic Signs | ||
|---|---|---|
| mf | mezzo forte | moderately loud |
| f | forte | loud |
| ff | fortissimo | very loud |
| > | decrescendo | gradually softer |
I have to agree with u/PrettyDecentSort. In the sense used here, “test” is a linking verb, which makes “positive” a predicate adjective (i.e. a copula).
We can demonstrate this is the case using the linking-verb test at YourDictionary. If we replace the sentence’s verb with a true linking verb and the statement remains true, then the original verb was a linking verb as well.
The most fundamental linking verbs are the state-of-being verbs, so let’s use the appropriate conjugation of “be.”
I tested positive.
I am positive.
Both sentences make logical sense and also mean the same thing. Therefore “test,” is indeed a linking verb, making “positive,” a (predicate) adjective.