positive
Usage
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The adjective positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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Many investors are hoping that strong corporate earnings, falling interest rates and a still-chugging economy can power the equities market to another year of positive returns.
ADP’s measure of private payrolls has been largely flat during the second half of 2025, though job growth has remained in positive territory for the three weeks ending Dec. 6.
From Barron's
That would allow Wall Street to analyze how durable earnings growth would be as the industry moves away from commodity eggs to specialty products—a positive shift that the stock price doesn’t currently reflect.
From Barron's
In all, 23 of the 30 members of the index were in positive territory for the day, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch
In all, 23 of the 30 members of the index were in positive territory for the day, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
