A (part of a) newspaper or magazine that has articles on films, books, travel, famous people, etc

3.2informal attributive Downright; complete (used for emphasis)

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  4(of a quantity) greater than zero.
  

‘He defines limits of positive variable quantities using ideas that he had used in looking at limits of series.’

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  5Containing, producing, or denoting an electric charge opposite to that carried by electrons.
  

‘each battery has a positive and negative terminal’

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  6(of a photographic image) showing lights and shades or colours true to the original.
  

‘This kind of photograph is a unique positive picture produced on a thin sheet of iron blackened by tar.’

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  7Grammar
  Denoting the primary degree of an adjective or adverb, which expresses simple quality without qualification.
  

Contrasted with comparative and superlative

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  8Philosophy
  Dealing only with matters of fact and experience; not speculative or theoretical.
  

Compare with positivism (sense 1)

‘In other words, it attempts to form a positive conception of noumena.’

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  9Astrology
  Relating to or denoting any of the air or fire signs, considered active in nature.