affirmative

Definition of affirmative

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/, SAMPA: /@"f3:m@tIv/
• (US) IPA: /əˈfɝmətɪv/, SAMPA: /@"f3`m@tIv/
• Audio (US) ^[?]

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.