positive thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpositiveandthing
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positive
adjective
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpositive thing
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Most people know that voting in elections is considered apositivethingto do.
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The onlypositivethingabout being overweight is that it does stress the bones and hence helps to protect against osteoporosis!
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This can be a verypositivething: since music speaks to the human experience, learning to feel and communicate it should always be a process of selfrealisation and self-transformation.
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I think that's apositivething.
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In the end that will prove to be apositivething, but you never want to suspend the critical faculties when you're evaluating what's happened.
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I actually see it as direct inward investment and, therefore, a verypositivething.
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The fact that the report calls for aid per hectare is apositivething.
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Expectations are already very high, and that is not an entirelypositivething.
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The concept of 'positive discrimination' is an inherent contradiction, as discrimination cannot be apositivething.
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We can even talk about incentives in this regard, and that is obviously apositivething.
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Lowering the threshold and broadening the cultural arena is therefore apositivething.
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Whilst enthusiasm is apositivething, however, blindness certainly is not.
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The statement is undoubtedly apositivethingfor parents and children.
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It is then rather a negative thing than apositivething.
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We believe that that is apositivethingand the best way of dealing with this.
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There are objections to everypositivethingyou try to do.
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That is onepositivethingto have come out of the debate.
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Onepositivethingis that we discovered a huge amount of participation.
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Is itpositivethingto increase young people's awareness?
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