Affirmative vs. Affirmation

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  • Affirmative (adjective)

    pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming

    “an affirmative answer”

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    positive

    “an affirmative vote”

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    Confirmative; ratifying.

    “an act affirmative of common law”

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    dogmatic

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    positive; not negative

  • 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”

  • Affirmative (noun)

    An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

  • Affirmative (noun)

    An assertion.

  • Affirmative (interjection)

    An elaborate synonym for the word yes.

  • Affirmative (interjection)

    Yes; true; correct.

  • Affirmation (noun)

    That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

  • Affirmation (noun)

    The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.

  • Affirmation (noun)

    A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Wiktionary
  • Affirmative (adjective)

    agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request

    “an affirmative answer”

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    stating that a fact is so; making an assertion

    “affirmative sentences”

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    (of a vote) expressing approval or agreement.

  • 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”

  • Affirmative (adjective)

    offering emotional support

    “the family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come”

  • Affirmative (noun)

    a statement of agreement with or consent to an assertion or request

    “he accepted her reply as an affirmative”

  • Affirmative (noun)

    a word used in making assertions or to express consent.

  • Affirmative (noun)

    a statement asserting that something is true of the subject of a proposition.

  • Affirmative (noun)

    a position of agreement or confirmation

    “his answer veered towards the affirmative”

  • Affirmative (interjection)

    expressing agreement with or consent to a statement or request; yes.

  • Affirmation (noun)

    the action or process of affirming something

    “an affirmation of basic human values”

    “he nodded in affirmation”

  • Affirmation (noun)

    a formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath.

  • Affirmation (noun)

    emotional support or encouragement

    “the lack of one or both parents’ affirmation leaves some children emotionally crippled”

Oxford Dictionary

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