meaning of affirmative
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.
4. Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
5. Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
6. 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.
7. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
8. a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the
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Related Words
affirmative | affirmative action | affirmative pleading | affirmatively | affirmativeness |
