正 — meaning in English

English meaning

• licit adj Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
• positive adj Optimistic, constructive, or good in effect.
• statutory adj Required, defined, or governed by a specific law rather than by custom or agreement.
• straight adjective Extending in one direction without bending or curving.

Senses

正 is used for these senses in English:

• at this moment in time currently, now, at present
• licit (legal) Explicitly established or constituted by law.
• positive (mathematics, of a number) Greater than zero. [from the 18th c.]
• statutory Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.
• straight Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
• straight ahead directly ahead, without deviation
• straightly In a straight manner; without curve or bend.

licit — full definition

1. adj Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
2. adj Explicitly established or constituted by law.

positive — full definition

1. adj Optimistic, constructive, or good in effect.
2. adj Certain or confident about something.
3. adj Greater than zero, in mathematics.
4. adj Showing the presence of a substance or condition being tested for, as in a medical test.
5. noun A favorable point or characteristic.

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