AFFIRMATIVE


Meaning of AFFIRMATIVE in English

adj positive; dogmatic.

2. affirmative ·adj expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

3. affirmative ·adj confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

4. affirmative ·noun a word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, ·etc.

5. affirmative ·adj positive;

— a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.

6. affirmative ·adj 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.

7. affirmative ·noun 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.

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