affirmative
adjectivenouninterjectioncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈfɜːmətɪv//
- United States//əˈfɝməɾɪv//
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
adjective
- 1
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
an affirmative answer
- 2
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
- 3
positive
an affirmative vote
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Confirmative; ratifying.
an act affirmative of common law
- 5
Dogmatic.
Lyſicles vvas a little diſconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito; but after a ſhort pauſe replied briskly, […]
- 6
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- 7
positive; not negative
Etymology
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
noun
- 1
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
10-4 good buddy. That’s an affirmative—the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
- 2
An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- 3
obsoleteAn assertion.
that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.
interjection
- 1
Yes.
- 2
Yes; true; correct.
Forms
- plural
- affirmatives
- comparative
- more affirmative
- superlative
- most affirmative
affirmative · pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
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