[
  {
    "word": "positive",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u0252z\u026a\u0308t\u026av/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0252z\u026a\u0308t\u026av/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0251z\u026a\u0308t\u026av/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/positive-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100489",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A favourable point or characteristic.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A positive result of a test.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Not negative or neutral.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Formally laid down.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Stated definitively and without qualification.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Fully assured in opinion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I\u2019m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of number, greater than zero.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Overconfident, dogmatic.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having more protons than electrons.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "\u2018Better\u2019 is an irregular comparative of the positive form \u2018good\u2019."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The box was not empty \u2013 I felt some positive substance within it."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The results of our experiment are positive."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A positive photograph can be developed from a photographic negative."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The first-night reviews were largely positive."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Optimistic.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He has a positive outlook on life."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Electropositive",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "HIV positive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "certain",
          "sure",
          "wis"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "uncertain",
          "unsure",
          "nonpositive",
          "negative",
          "bad",
          "evil",
          "nongood"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/positive"
    ]
  }
]