Converse of object

• minimize: By doing this, you help minimize false positives.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• do: Helping the planet The weeks provide participants with the chance to do something positive to help the planet.

Adjective modifier

• false: By doing this, you help minimize false positives.

Modifies a noun

• attitude: Trust in God is a positive attitude implicit with action.

• feedback: Still, the press sent a very positive feedback.

• impact: The video has already made a positive impact on lunchtimes.

• contribution: In all, the volume is a very positive contribution.

• outcome: They have also welcomed the positive outcome of the 2000 NPT Review Conference.

• response: Highest levels of positive response occurred in the area of school culture.

Modifying Another Word

• overwhelmingly: Mr Caulfield said: " The initial response was overwhelmingly positive.

• extremely: The outcome of the advanced testing we have conducted has been extremely positive.

• very: Still, the press sent a very positive feedback.

• generally: In relation to the former report the Highland experience broadly matched the national findings which were generally positive.

Used with adjective complement

• test: About 40 per cent of the rinsing water used for the toothbrushes in the test tested positive for the virus.

• feel: Within a couple of months I did start to feel more positive.

• remain: Some small schools do not measure up and there are many good large schools but the overall picture remains indisputably positive.

• prove: Athletes will be subjected to urine and blood tests, both of which must prove positive before sanctions are threatened.

• think: THINK POSITIVE... Instead of thinking up all the negative things associated with your job, try and turn them into positives.

• become: However, the external environment is becoming more positive.

Preposition: in

• outlook: The immigrant children seem more ambitious and positive in outlook.