"affirmative" Definition

Definitions for the word "affirmative" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Positive; dogmatic.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
Affirming; expressing approval. n. Affirmative statement or word etc.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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