affirmative
adjective
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Pronunciation: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/ / /əˈfɝməɾɪv/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
- pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
“an affirmative answer”
- pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
- positive
“an affirmative vote”
- Confirmative; ratifying.
“an act affirmative of common law”
- Dogmatic.
“Lyſicles vvas a little diſconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito; but after a ſhort pauſe replied briskly, […]”
- Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- positive; not negative
intj
Etymology: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
- Yes.
- Yes; true; correct.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
- 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.”
- An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- 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.”