About The Word Affirmative
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Affirmative
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What's The Definition Of Affirmative?
[n] a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
[adj] affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture" [adj] supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument" [adj] expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" Synonyms | Synonyms for Affirmative: affirmatory | agreeing(a) | assentient | assenting | conceding(a) | concessive | favorable | favoring | optimistic | positive | pro Related Terms | Find terms related to Affirmative: absolute | acceptance | accord | accordant | acquiescence | acquiescent | affirmation | affirmative attitude | affirmative voice | affirmativeness | affirmatory | agree | agreeable | agreeing | agreement | amen | answerable | approbation | approval | approving | assent | assenting | assertative | assertional | assertive | at one | aye | blessing | coexistent | coexisting | coherent | coincident | coinciding | commensurate | compatible | compliable | compliance | compliant | con | concordant | concurring | conformable | congenial | congruent | congruous | connivance | consent | consentaneous | consentient | consenting | consistent | consonant | content | cooperating | cooperative | correspondent | corresponding | decided | declarative | declaratory | eager | eagerness | emphatic | en rapport | endorsement | endorsing | equivalent | favorable | harmonious | in accord | in agreement | in rapport | in sync | in synchronization | inaccordance | inharmony | interest | like-minded | nay | no | nod | nod of assent | nothing loath | of a piece | of like mind | of one mind | OK | okay | on all fours | permission | permissive | positive | predicational | predicative | pro | prompt | promptitude | promptness | proportionate | ratification | ratifying | readiness | ready | reconcilable | sanction | sanctioning | self-consistent | side | submission | submissive | symbiotic | synchronized | synchronous | the affirmative | the negative | thumbs-up | unanimous | ungrudging | ungrudgingness | uniform | unisonant | unisonous | unloath | unloathness | unrefusing | unreluctance | unreluctant | willing | willingness | yea | yea-saying | yes See Also | affirmation | avouchment | avowal | double negative | favourable | yea | yes Affirmative In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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