affirmative

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22
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24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/əˈfɜːmətɪv/
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/əˈfɜːmətɪv/ · /əˈfɝməɾɪv/ (US)

Definition of affirmative

12 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
    “an affirmative answer”
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adj

  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”
  4. 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

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. (obsolete)An assertion.
    “that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.”

intj

  1. Yes.
  2. (especially)Yes; true; correct.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).

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