discrimination n. Practice of making distinctions in favour of groups considered to be underprivileged.

- vetting n. Inquiry into the background etc. Of a candidate for a post involving national security.

- —adj. - explicit; definite, unquestionable (positive proof).

- (of a person) convinced, confident, or overconfident in an opinion.

- a absolute; not relative. B gram. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a simple quality without comparison.

- colloq. Downright (it was a positive miracle).

- constructive (positive thinking).

- marked by the presence and not absence of qualities (positive reaction).

- esp. Philos. Dealing only with matters of fact; practical.

- tending in a direction naturally or arbitrarily taken as that of increase or progress.

- greater than zero. 10 electr. Of, containing, or producing the kind of electrical charge produced by rubbing glass with silk; lacking electrons. 11 (of a photographic image) showing lights and shades or colours unreversed. —n. Positive adjective, photograph, quantity, etc. positively adv. Positiveness n. [latin: related to *position]

n. Physics elementary particle with the same mass as but opposite (positive) charge to an electron. [positive electron]

—adj. - capable of existing, happening, being done, etc.

- potential (a possible way of doing it). —n. - possible candidate, member of a team, etc.

- highest possible score, esp. In shooting.

adv. - perhaps.

- in accordance with possibility (cannot possibly go).

n. Card for sending by post without an envelope.

n. Group of letters and figures in a postal address to assist sorting.

v. (-ting) 1 give a date later than the actual one to (a document etc.).

- follow in time.

adj. & adv. Carried by post free of charge, or with postage prepaid.

—n. Official mark on a letter, giving the place, date, etc., and cancelling the stamp. —v. Mark (an envelope etc.) With this.

adj. & adv. On which postage has been paid.