What does affirmative mean?
Definitions for affirmative
əˈfɜr mə tɪvaf·fir·ma·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
affirmativeadjective
a reply of affirmation
"he answered in the affirmative"
affirmative, affirmatoryadjective
affirming or giving assent
"an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"
affirmative, optimisticadjective
expecting the best
"an affirmative outlook"
approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausiveadjective
expressing or manifesting praise or approval
"approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"
Wiktionary
affirmativenoun
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
affirmativenoun
An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
affirmativenoun
An assertion.
affirmativeadjective
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is
affirmativeadjective
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
affirmativeadjective
positive
Etymology: From affirmatif, from affirmativus, from affirmare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Affirmativeadjective
Etymology: from affirm.
For the affirmative, we are now to answer such proofs of theirs as have been before alleged. Richard Hooker.
Whether there are such beings or not, ’tis sufficient for my purpose, that many have believed the affirmative. John Dryden, Tyrannick Love. Preface to.
As in algebra, where affirmative quantities vanish or cease, there negative ones begin: so in mechanicks, where attraction ceases, there a repulsive virtue ought to succeed. Isaac Newton, Opt.
Be not confident and affirmative in an uncertain matter, but report things modestly and temperately, according to the degree of that persuasion, which is, or ought to be, begotten by the efficacy of the authority, or the reason, inducing thee. Taylor.
ChatGPT
Affirmative
Affirmative refers to expressing or asserting something positively or confirming a statement or proposition. It often carries a positive connotation and indicates agreement, approval, or support for an idea, action, or belief. In the context of language, an affirmative statement affirms or confirms a fact or position, usually avoiding negation or contradiction. It is the opposite of a negative or denying response.
Webster Dictionary
Affirmativeadjective
confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law
Affirmativeadjective
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
Affirmativeadjective
positive; dogmatic
Affirmativeadjective
expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition
Affirmativeadjective
positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted
Affirmativenoun
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
Affirmativenoun
a word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc
Etymology: [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
affirmative
The positive sign or quantity in algebra; also signal flag or pendant by which a request or order is answered.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of affirmative in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of affirmative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of affirmative in a Sentence
Democratic Socialist was not talking about race-based affirmative action. Democratic Socialist was concerned about need-based affirmative action, if you look at Democratic Socialist call for an economic bill of rights, Democratic Socialist was talking about affirmative action that benefited all people that were poor and deprived.
It strikes me that we've been at this for months -- you've witnessed the meetings -- and I hope that maybe one or two more meetings and we'll have an affirmative position.
Abortion, gun rights and affirmative action would be monumental. That said, there, in those cases, particularly in the abortion case and in the gun case, there are ways they could decide the more broadly or more narrowly, so part of the blockbuster nature of the term will depend on whether they really go very far and say, overrule Roe v. Wade, or simply narrow it in the abortion case.
Thats why we believe we need to encourage parliaments to have affirmative action.
It was an exciting day to be with the President, and he asked right out front,' Do you have any preferences ?' i said my only preference would be, don't succumb to the pressure to make this some sort of an affirmative action pick.
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- إيجابيArabic
- положителен, утвърдителенBulgarian
- affirmativer SatzGerman
- καταφατικόςGreek
- afirmativo, positivo, oración afirmativaSpanish
- مثبتPersian
- phrase affirmative, affirmatifFrench
- dearfachIrish
- सकारात्मकHindi
- setujuIndonesian
- 肯定的なJapanese
- ಸಮರ್ಥನೀಯKannada
- bevestigende zinDutch
- bekreftes, tiltredesNorwegian
- positivo, afirmativoPortuguese
- утвердительный, утверди́тельный, положи́тельныйRussian
- உடன்பாட்டுTamil
- olumluTurkish
- مثبتUrdu
- khẳng địnhVietnamese
- 肯定Chinese
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