Affirmative
adj, intj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
"That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters."
- 2 a reply of affirmation wordnet
- 3 An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- 4 An assertion. obsolete
"that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more."
- 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, […]"
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- 6 Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- 7 positive; not negative
- 1 affirming or giving assent wordnet
- 2 expressing or manifesting praise or approval wordnet
- 3 expecting the best wordnet
- 1 Yes.
- 2 Yes; true; correct. especially
Antonyms
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More examples"Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative."
Etymology
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
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