â¢ POSITIVE (noun) The noun POSITIVE has 1 sense: 1. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject. Familiarity information: POSITIVE used as a noun is very rare. â¢ POSITIVE (adjective) The adjective POSITIVE has 11 senses: 1. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
A fourth cousin is someone in a family who shares the same great-great-great-grandparents. First cousins share the same grandparents and second cousins have the same great-grandparents. Ordinal numbers of cousins are in the same generation as each other. For instance, all of the children of siblings are first cousins.
Something that is related or similar but not quite the same, as in This beef stew is second cousin to boeuf bourguignon. This expression transfers the literal sense of second cousinâthat is, the child of the first cousin of one's mother or fatherâa usage dating from the mid-1600s.