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affirmative

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Definition of affirmative

Pronunciation

  • (RP) IPA: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/, SAMPA: /@"f3:m@tIv/
  • (US) IPA: /əˈfɝmətɪv/, SAMPA: /@"f3`m@tIv/
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Adjective

affirmative (comparative more affirmative, superlative most affirmative)

  1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is
  2. pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
  3. positive

Noun

affirmative (plural affirmatives)

  1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

    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. (grammatical terminology) 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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