AFFIRMATIVE


Meaning of AFFIRMATIVE in English

— affirmatively , adv.

/euh ferr"meuh tiv/ , adj.

1. affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.

2. expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply.

3. positive; not negative.

4. Logic. noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as "All men are happy."

n.

5. something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation.

6. a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do.

7. a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative.

8. the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative.

interj.

9. (used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): "Is this the right way to Lake George?" "Affirmative."

[ 1400-50; affirmativus, equiv. to affirmat- (see AFFIRMATION) + -ivus -IVE; r. late ME affirmatyff ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .