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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)
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| Definition of 'affirmative' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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| Definition of 'affirmative' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: saying or indicating yes to a question, suggestion etc
He gave an affirmative nod; a reply in the affirmative.
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 Afrikaans: ja |
 Arabic: إيجَابِي |
 Bulgarian: положителен |
 Brazilian: afirmativo |
 Czech: souhlasný, kladný; souhla |
 German: bejahend |
 Danish: bekræftende |
 Greek: καταφατικός |
 Spanish: afirmativo |
 Estonian: jaatav |
 Farsi: اظهار مثبت؛ تصدیق |
 Finnish: myöntävä |
 French: affirmatif |
 Hebrew: חִיוּבִי |
 Hindi: स्वीकारात्मक |
 Croatian: potvrdan |
 Hungarian: állító |
 Indonesian: mengukuhkan, menyetujui |
 Icelandic: jákvæður; játandi |
 Italian: affermativo |
 Japanese: 肯定の |
 Korean: 확정적인 |
 Lithuanian: teigiamas, pritariamasis |
 Latvian: apstiprinošs |
 Malay: persetujuan |
 Dutch: bevestigend |
 Norwegian: bekreftende |
 Polish: twierdzący |
 Persian: اظهار مثبت؛ تصدیق |
 Pashto: مثبته څرګندونه ، تصدیق کو |
 Portuguese: afirmativo |
 Romanian: afirmativ |
 Russian: утвердительный (ответ) |
 Slovak: kladný |
 Slovenian: pritrdilen |
 Serbian: potvrdan |
 Swedish: bekräftande, jakande |
 Thai: ซึ่งแสดงถึงการยินยอม |
 Turkish: olumlu |
 Taiwanese: 肯定的 |
 Ukrainian: стверджувальний; “так” |
 Urdu: سچا ، یقینی |
 Vietnamese: khẳng định |
 Chinese: 肯定的 |
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