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 Definitions of affirmative  [əˈfɜr mə tɪv]  

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Definition of 'affirmative' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) affirmative
affirming or asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.

2.  affirmative
expressing agreement or consent; assenting:
an affirmative reply.

3.  affirmative
positive; not negative.

4.  affirmative
Logic. noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as “All men are happy.”

5. (n.) affirmative
something that affirms or asserts; affirmation.

6.  affirmative
a reply indicating assent, as Yes or
I do.

7.  affirmative
a manner or mode that indicates assent:
a reply in the affirmative.

8.  affirmative
the side, as in a debate, that defends a statement which the opposite side attacks.

9. (interj.) affirmative
(used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.):
“Is this the road to Lake George?”“Affirmative.”

Etymology:  (1400–50; < L)

Definition of 'affirmative' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) affirmative
a reply of affirmation
"he answered in the affirmative"

2. (adj) affirmative, affirmatory
affirming or giving assent
"an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"

3. (adj) affirmative, optimistic
expecting the best
"an affirmative outlook"

4. (adj) approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive
expressing or manifesting praise or approval
"approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"


Definition of 'affirmative' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) affirmative
confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law

2. (adj) affirmative
that affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote

3. (adj) affirmative
positive; dogmatic

4. (adj) affirmative
expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition

5. (adj) affirmative
positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted

6. (noun) affirmative
that which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative

7. (noun) affirmative
a word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc


Translation of 'affirmative' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: saying or indicating yes to a question, suggestion etc
He gave an affirmative nod; a reply in the affirmative.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ja Arabic flag Arabic: إيجَابِي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: положителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: afirmativo Czech flag Czech: souhlasný, kladný; souhla German flag German: bejahend
Danish flag Danish: bekræftende Greek flag Greek: καταφατικός Spanish flag Spanish: afirmativo
Estonian flag Estonian: jaatav Farsi flag Farsi: اظهار مثبت؛ تصدیق Finnish flag Finnish: myöntävä
French flag French: affirmatif Hebrew flag Hebrew: חִיוּבִי Hindi flag Hindi: स्वीकारात्मक
Croatian flag Croatian: potvrdan Hungarian flag Hungarian: állító Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengukuhkan, menyetujui
Icelandic flag Icelandic: jákvæður; játandi Italian flag Italian: affermativo Japanese flag Japanese: 肯定の
Korean flag Korean: 확정적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: teigiamas, pritariamasis Latvian flag Latvian: apstiprinošs
Malay flag Malay: persetujuan Dutch flag Dutch: bevestigend Norwegian flag Norwegian: bekreftende
Polish flag Polish: twierdzący Persian flag Persian: اظهار مثبت؛ تصدیق Pashto flag Pashto: مثبته څرګندونه ، تصدیق کو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: afirmativo Romanian flag Romanian: afirmativ Russian flag Russian: утвердительный (ответ)
Slovak flag Slovak: kladný Slovenian flag Slovenian: pritrdilen Serbian flag Serbian: potvrdan
Swedish flag Swedish: bekräftande, jakande Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งแสดงถึงการยินยอม Turkish flag Turkish: olumlu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 肯定的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стверджувальний; “так” Urdu flag Urdu: سچا ، یقینی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khẳng định Chinese flag Chinese: 肯定的

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