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affirmative
- /əˈfɜːmətɪv/ UK
- /əˈfɝməɾɪv/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
adjective more affirmative · most affirmative
- pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming an affirmative answer
- pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
- positive an affirmative vote
- Confirmative; ratifying. an act affirmative of common law
- Dogmatic. Lyſicles vvas a little diſconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito; but after a ſhort pauſe replied briskly, […]
- Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- positive; not negative
noun affirmatives
- Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
- An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- An assertion. that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.
interjection
- Yes.
- Yes; true; correct.
