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- Dictionaryaffirmative/əˈfəːmətɪv/
adjective
- 1. agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request: "an affirmative answer"
- 2. supportive, hopeful, or encouraging: "the family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come"
noun
- 1. a statement of agreement with or consent to an assertion or request: "he accepted her reply as an affirmative"
- 2. a word used in making assertions or to express consent.
exclamation
- 1. expressing agreement with or consent to a statement or request; yes. North American
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AFFIRMATIVE definition: 1. relating to a statement that shows agreement or says "yes": 2. a word or statement that shows…. Learn more.
1. : asserting that the fact is so. gave an affirmative answer. affirmative proof. 2. : positive. an affirmative approach. 3. : favoring or supporting a proposition or motion. an affirmative vote. was on the affirmative side in the debate. 4. logic : asserting a predicate of a subject. affirmatively adverb. responded affirmatively. affirmative.
1. confirming or asserting something as true or valid. an affirmative statement. 2. indicating agreement or assent. an affirmative answer. 3. logic. a. (of a categorial proposition) affirming the satisfaction by the subject of the predicate, as in all birds have feathers; some men are married.
Something affirmative expresses agreement or approval, like the affirmative nod your mother gives you when you ask to be excused from the dinner table. A formal way of saying "Yes" is "Affirmative!" Anything affirmative is approving of something: affirmative words support someone or something.
Definition of affirmative noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a word or statement that shows agreement or says "yes": in the affirmative He replied in the affirmative (= he said "yes"). She asked the question expecting an affirmative. mainly US "Were you in New York on March 3 ?" "Affirmative." (= "Yes.") Opposite.
Definitions of 'affirmative'. 1. An affirmative word or gesture indicates that you agree with what someone has said or that the answer to a question is `yes.'. [formal] [...] 2. In grammar, an affirmative clause is positive and does not contain a negative word. [...] 3. See in the affirmative [...]
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word affirmative mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word affirmative, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. confirming or asserting something as true or valid: an affirmative statement. 2. indicating agreement or assent: an affirmative answer. 3. (Logic) logic. a. (of a categorial proposition) affirming the satisfaction by the subject of the predicate, as in all birds have feathers; some men are married.
Affirmative definition: Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer “yes”.
