positive

positif, optimiste

Bon ou utile, ou qui montre l’espoir que les choses se passeront bien.

En anglais simple : Good or helpful, or showing hope that things will go well.

• Try to stay positive.
• The changes had a positive effect.
• We received positive feedback from our customers.

Comment l'utiliser : positive about something (She feels positive about the future.)

Synonymes : good, favorable, optimistic

Contraires : negative

Expressions courantes : positive attitude, positive effect, positive change

certain, sûr

Tout à fait sûr que quelque chose est vrai ou correct.

En anglais simple : Completely sure that something is true or correct.

• Are you positive?
• She was positive that she had seen him before.
• I am absolutely positive about the answer.

Comment l'utiliser : positive that… (I am positive that I locked the door.); positive about something (Are you positive about the date?)

Synonymes : sure, certain

Contraires : uncertain, unsure

Expressions courantes : absolutely positive, positive about something

positif

Qui indique qu’un test a détecté la substance ou l’état recherché.

En anglais simple : Showing that a test found the substance or condition it was checking for.

• The test result was positive.
• She had a positive pregnancy test.
• Two samples tested positive for the same substance.

Comment l'utiliser : test positive for something (The sample tested positive for the virus.)

Contraires : negative

Expressions courantes : positive result, positive test, test positive

positif

Se dit d’un nombre ou d’une valeur plus grande que zéro.

En anglais simple : Greater than zero.

• Five is a positive number.
• The answer should be positive.
• We only accept positive values in this box.

Contraires : negative

Expressions courantes : positive number, positive value, positive integer

positif

Qui porte une charge électrique du même type que celle des protons.

En anglais simple : Having the kind of electric charge carried by protons.

• Connect the red wire to the positive terminal.
• Protons carry a positive charge.
• The ion became positive after losing an electron.

Contraires : negative

Expressions courantes : positive charge, positive terminal, positive pole

positif

Décrit des expériences ou comportements inhabituels dus à une maladie, comme entendre des voix inexistantes.

En anglais simple : Describing unusual experiences or behavior that appear with an illness, such as hearing voices that are not there.

• Hearing voices can be a positive symptom.
• The treatment reduced his positive symptoms.
• Doctors recorded both positive and negative symptoms during the assessment.

Contraires : negative

Expressions courantes : positive symptom, positive psychotic symptom

point positif, avantage

Aspect bénéfique ou utile d’une situation.

En anglais simple : A good or useful part of a situation.

• The short journey is a positive.
• There are several positives to working from home.
• Let us focus on the positives for now.

Synonymes : advantage, benefit, plus

Contraires : negative, drawback

Expressions courantes : a positive, major positive, look for positives