positives
- 1Plural of positive.
Despite the loss, the coach pointed to several positives from the match.
The report weighed the positives against the drawbacks of the new policy.
Note
A regular plural that carries each sense of the noun with it: favorable points, positive charges in physics, adjectives or adverbs in the positive degree, and photographic images showing true colors and shades. The "favorable point" reading is the one that follows verbs like find, point to and weigh. A coach finds positives in a loss, and a report weighs positives against drawbacks. In technical writing the surrounding field has to make the other readings clear.
positives is a form of positive
positive, noun: A test result indicating that the substance or condition tested for is present. Full entry
- Forms
- positivepositives plural
- Spelling
- positive → positives: add -s
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