affirmative

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (to assert).

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Adjective

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affirmative (comparative more affirmative, superlative most affirmative)

  1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
    an affirmative answer
  2. pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
  3. positive
    an affirmative vote
  4. Confirmative; ratifying.
    an act affirmative of common law
  5. Dogmatic.
  6. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
  7. (algebra) positive; not negative

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Noun

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affirmative (plural affirmatives)

  1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
    Antonym: negative
    That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
    10-4 good buddy. That’s an affirmative—the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
  2. (grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
  3. (obsolete) An assertion.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:
      that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.

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Interjection

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affirmative

  1. Yes.
  2. (military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.

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French

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Adjective

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affirmative

  1. feminine singular of affirmatif

German

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affirmative

  1. inflection of affirmativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

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Adjective

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affirmātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of affirmātīvus