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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.
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.
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interjection
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(used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): “Is this the right way to Lake George?” “Affirmative.”
Origin:
1400–50; < Latin affirmātīvus, equivalent to affirmāt- (see affirmation) + -īvus -ive; replacing late Middle English affirmatyff < Middle French < Latin
1400–50; < Latin affirmātīvus, equivalent to affirmāt- (see affirmation) + -īvus -ive; replacing late Middle English affirmatyff < Middle French < Latin
Related forms
af·firm·a·tive·ly, adverb
o·ver·af·firm·a·tive, adjective
o·ver·af·firm·a·tive·ly, adverb
pre·af·firm·a·tive, adjective
qua·si-af·firm·a·tive, adjective
EXPANDqua·si-af·firm·a·tive·ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History
affirmative
c.1500, from Fr. affirmatif (13c.), from L. affirmativus, from pp. stem of affirmare (see affirm). Meaning "answering yes" is from c.1400, from use in logic. Affirmative action "positive effort by employers to prevent discrimination in hiring or promotion" is attested from
EXPAND1935 with regard to labor practices; specific racial sense is from 1961; now often used more generally in ref. to hiring quotas, etc.
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