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Share This af·firm·a·tive Audio Help / əˈfɜr / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ uh -fur -muh -tiv] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
2. expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply.
3. positive; not negative.
4. Logic .
–noun 5. something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation.
6. a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do.
7. a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative.
8. the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative.
–interjection 9. (used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): “Is this the right way to Lake George?” “Affirmative.”
[Origin:
1400–50; < L
affirmātīvus, equiv. to
affirmāt- (see
affirmation ) +
-īvus -ive ; r. late ME
affirmatyff < MF < L
]
—Related forms af·firm·a·tive·ly, adverb
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Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer "yes": an affirmative reply.
Giving assent or approval; confirming: an affirmative vote.
Positive; optimistic: an affirmative outlook.
Logic Of, relating to, or being a proposition in which the predicate affirms something about the subject, such as the statement apples have seeds. A word or statement of agreement or assent, such as the word yes.
The side in a debate that upholds the proposition: Her team will speak for the affirmative.
Informal Used in place of the response "yes" to express confirmation or consent.
af·fir'ma·tive·ly adv.
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Share This affirmative adjective 1. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes" [ant: negative ] 2. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" 3. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" [syn: approving ] noun 1. a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative" [ant: negative ]
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Share This afˈfirmative [-tiv] adjective, noun
saying or indicating yes to a question, suggestion etc
Example:
He gave an affirmative nod; a reply in the affirmative
Arabic: إيجَابِي Chinese (Simplified): 肯定的 Chinese (Traditional): 肯定的 Czech: souhlasný, kladný; souhlas Danish: bekræftende Dutch: bevestigend Estonian: jaatav Finnish: myöntävä French: affirmatif German: bejahend Greek: καταφατικός Hungarian: állító Icelandic: jákvæður; játandi Indonesian: mengukuhkan, menyetujui Italian: affermativo
Japanese: 肯定の Korean: 긍정적인, 확언적인 Latvian: apstiprinošs Lithuanian: teigiamas, pritariamasis Norwegian: bekreftende Polish: twierdzący Portuguese (Brazil): afirmativo Portuguese (Portugal): afirmativo Romanian: afirmativ Russian: утвердительный (ответ) Slovak: kladný Slovenian: pritrdilen Spanish: afirmativo Swedish: bekräftande, jakande Turkish: olumlu
See also: affirm ,
affirmative action
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Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.]
1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
2. 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. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor.
Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. --Berkeley.
4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to
negative , or such as are to be subtracted.
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Af*firm"a*tive\, n. 1. 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.
Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. --Dryden.
2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
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