POSITIVE DEGREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positive degree mean? 

• POSITIVE DEGREE (noun)
  The noun POSITIVE DEGREE has 1 sense:

1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

  Familiarity information: POSITIVE DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSITIVE DEGREE (noun)

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Meaning:

The primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

positive; positive degree

Hypernyms ("positive degree" is a kind of...):

adjective (a word that expresses an attribute of something)

adverb (a word that modifies something other than a noun)