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Affirmative (adjective)
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
“an affirmative answer”
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Affirmative (adjective)
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
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Affirmative (adjective)
positive
“an affirmative vote”
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Affirmative (adjective)
Confirmative; ratifying.
“an act affirmative of common law”
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Affirmative (adjective)
dogmatic
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Affirmative (adjective)
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
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Affirmative (adjective)
positive; not negative
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Affirmative (noun)
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.”
“negative”
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Affirmative (noun)
An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
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Affirmative (noun)
An assertion.
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Affirmative (interjection)
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
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Affirmative (interjection)
Yes; true; correct.
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Affirmation (noun)
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
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Affirmation (noun)
The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
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Affirmation (noun)
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
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Affirmative (adjective)
agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request
“an affirmative answer”
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Affirmative (adjective)
stating that a fact is so; making an assertion
“affirmative sentences”
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Affirmative (adjective)
(of a vote) expressing approval or agreement.
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Affirmative (adjective)
relating to or denoting proposed legislation which must receive a parliamentary vote in its favour before it can come into force
“regulations under the Bill would be subject to the affirmative procedure”
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Affirmative (adjective)
offering emotional support
“the family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come”
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Affirmative (noun)
a statement of agreement with or consent to an assertion or request
“he accepted her reply as an affirmative”
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Affirmative (noun)
a word used in making assertions or to express consent.
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Affirmative (noun)
a statement asserting that something is true of the subject of a proposition.
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Affirmative (noun)
a position of agreement or confirmation
“his answer veered towards the affirmative”
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Affirmative (interjection)
expressing agreement with or consent to a statement or request; yes.
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Affirmation (noun)
the action or process of affirming something
“an affirmation of basic human values”
“he nodded in affirmation”
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Affirmation (noun)
a formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath.
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Affirmation (noun)
emotional support or encouragement
“the lack of one or both parents’ affirmation leaves some children emotionally crippled”