Positive - English meaning

adjective

Confident.

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An extremely assured performance

verb

Tell someone something positively to dispel any doubts.

Usage examples:

Tony assured me that there was a supermarket in the village

adjective

Certain to happen or be achieved

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The agreement required south korea to provide an assured market for american products., assured inc…

adjective

Resulting in good; favourable or advantageous.

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The beneficial effect on the economy

adjective

Tending to help; having a good effect

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Moderate exercise is really beneficial.

adjective

Helpful, useful, or good

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The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial effect/influence on the company as a whole., a st…

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Able or tending to keep afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

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The most buoyant body parts rise first, leaving the head and limbs to drag behind the chest and abd…

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Successful and with a lot of activity

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Buoyant economy/market/industry carpet sales remained strong as a result of the buoyant housing mar…

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Able to float

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Cork is light and buoyant.

adjective

Unambiguously explicit and direct.

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A categorical assurance

adjective

Without any doubt or possibility of being changed

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A categorical denial/assurance/rejection, he replied with a categorical assertion that no such offe…

adjective

Relating to a category (= a type or group in a system for dividing things into similar types or groups)

Usage examples:

The following categorical variables were used., the categorical distinction is fairly clear.

adjective

Able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

It's certain that more changes are in the offing

pronoun

Some but not all.

Usage examples:

Certain of his works have been edited

adjective

Having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, or effective

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[ + (that) ] are you absolutely certain (that) you gave them the right number?, feel certain i feel…

adjective

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

Usage examples:

How can she be so cheerful at six o'clock in the morning?

adjective

Happy and positive in feeling or attitude

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A cheerful face/spirit, he was a cheerful man with a kind word for everybody., the guest bedroom wa…

adjective

Happy and positive

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He's usually fairly cheerful., you're in a cheerful mood this morning., she manages to stay cheerfu…

adjective

(of evidence or argument) having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive.

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Conclusive evidence

adjective

Proving that something is true, or ending any doubt

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They had conclusive evidence/proof of her guilt., a conclusive argument

adjective

Feeling or showing confidence in oneself or one's abilities or qualities.

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We require outgoing, confident people able to approach large groups

noun

A confidant.

Usage examples:

His parents were his closest confidents and friends in a sense, but they were still his parents.

adjective

Being certain of your abilities or having trust in people, plans, or the future

Usage examples:

Be a bit more confident in yourself!, they don't sound confident about the future of the industry.,…

adjective

Having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose.

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Constructive advice

adjective

Intended to help someone or improve understanding

Usage examples:

She was my most constructive critic.

adjective

Useful and likely or intended to improve something

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A constructive dialogue/discussion/meeting, listening to constructive criticism of certain aspects …

adjective

Clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful.

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We had no definite plans

adjective

Fixed, certain, or clear

Usage examples:

We haven’t picked a definite date, but it will probably be in june.

noun

Something that is certain to happen

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Let's make the 9th a definite - we'll have dinner and then go to the movies., definite for she's a …

adjective

Successful in producing a desired or intended result.

Usage examples:

Effective solutions to environmental problems

noun

A soldier fit and available for service.

Usage examples:

When the battles broke out, he had a total of 920 effectives

adjective

Producing the intended results, or (of a person) skilled or able to do something well

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An effective policy/strategy, we’ve found that giving away samples of our product is the most effec…

adjective

(of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

Usage examples:

This treatment was efficacious in some cases

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Able to produce the intended result

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We believe that educational or counselling schemes are a more efficacious way of dealing with this …

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(used about a treatment or drug) working well under carefully controlled scientific testing conditions

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Two versions of the vaccine have been shown in trials to be between 90% and 95% efficacious.

adjective

Planning for the future, esp. in a new or creative way

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Considering future developments when making plans, especially in relation to using modern methods or equipment

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A forward looking approach/attitude/view they need a more forward-looking approach that emphasizes …

adjective

Giving or ready to give help.

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People are friendly and helpful

adjective

Giving help

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He made several helpful suggestions.

adjective

Willing to help, or useful

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She's such a pleasant, helpful child!, i'm sorry, i was only trying to be helpful., he made several…

adjective

Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event.

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A hopeful sign

noun

A person likely or hoping to succeed.

Usage examples:

Promotion hopefuls huddersfield

adjective

Having hope

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Hopeful about he was hopeful about the outcome of the meeting., hopeful of they were hopeful of a s…

adjective

Not able to be disputed.

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Does that not amount to the minister making a conclusive and incontestable decision about a matter …

adjective

Impossible to question because of being obviously true

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Incontestable evidence there is now incontestable evidence that the killings did take place.

adjective

Not able to be denied or disputed.

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Incontrovertible proof

adjective

Impossible to doubt because obviously true

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Incontrovertible proof

adjective

Impossible to doubt because of being obviously true

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Incontrovertible proof/evidence, her logic is utterly incontrovertible.

adjective

Unable to be challenged or denied.

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A far from indisputable fact

adjective

Obviously true

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An indisputable fact, he is indisputably one of the finest baseball players ever.

adjective

True, and impossible to doubt

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An artist of indisputable skill, one fact is indisputable - this must never be allowed to happen ag…

adjective

Impossible to doubt; unquestionable.

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An indubitable truth

adjective

That cannot be doubted

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An indubitable fact

adjective

Impossible to deny or disprove.

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Irrefutable evidence

adjective

That cannot be proved wrong

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Irrefutable proof

adjective

Impossible to prove wrong

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An irrefutable argument, irrefutable evidence of health risks

adjective

Hopeful and confident about the future.

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The optimistic mood of the sixties

adjective

Hopeful that the best will happen in the future

adjective

Hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future

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She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.

adjective

Of or concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas.

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There are two obvious practical applications of the research

noun

An examination or lesson in which theories and procedures learned are applied to the actual making or doing of something.

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It means they are on their own on the final hurdle of a seemingly endless slog of course work, mock…

adjective

Relating to actual experience or to the use of knowledge in activities rather than to knowledge only or ideas

Usage examples:

I know you’ve been trained as a teacher, but do you have any practical teaching experience?, you’ve…

adjective

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

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A pragmatic approach to business ethics

adjective

Based on practical judgments rather than principles

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He made a pragmatic decision to settle the lawsuit because in the end it would cost more to try it …

adjective

Solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules

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In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.

adjective

Producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.

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The most productive employees

adjective

Causing or providing a good result or a large amount of something

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We had a very productive meeting – a lot of problems were solved., what was once desert has become …

adjective

Producing a large number of goods, crops, profit, etc. or doing a lot of work

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Productive farmland/sector/economy the only remaining option is to switch underemployed workers fro…

adjective

Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Usage examples:

He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy

noun

A blood-red colour.

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Most artists who have done much life drawing are familiar with sanguine, usually as a color of cont…

adjective

(of someone or someone's character) positive and hopeful

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Some people expect the economy to continue to improve, but others are less sanguine.

adjective

Not open to more than one interpretation.

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Instructions should be unambiguous

adjective

Expressed in a way which makes it completely clear what is meant

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An unambiguous answer

adjective

Unable to be denied or disputed.

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It is an undeniable fact that some dogs are easier to train than others

adjective

So obviously true that it cannot be doubted

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It is an undeniable fact that ice is cold., she is undeniably brilliant.

adjective

Leaving no doubt; unambiguous.

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An unequivocal answer

adjective

Clear and firm

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The answer is an unequivocal “yes.”

adjective

Not able to be mistaken for anything else; very distinctive.

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The unmistakable sound of his laughter

adjective

Not likely to be confused with something else; clearly recognized

Usage examples:

There was an unmistakable smell of chocolate.

adjective

Not able to be disputed or doubted.

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His musicianship is unquestionable

noun

(in music) an unaccented beat preceding an accented beat.

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The song has three stanzas of six lines, carrying four stresses downbeats separated by upbeats.

adjective

Cheerful; optimistic.

Usage examples:

He was upbeat about the company's future

adjective

Able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways.

Usage examples:

Aspirins are useful for headaches

adjective

Helping you to do or obtain something

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Your advice was very useful, saving me a lot of time., i was usefully occupied packing dishes all m…

adjective

Worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance.

Usage examples:

Extra lighting would make a worthwhile contribution to road safety

adjective

Useful, important, or helpful enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made

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She considers teaching a worthwhile career.