Affirmative

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/, SAMPA: /@"f3:m@tIv/
• (US) IPA: /əˈfɝmətɪv/, SAMPA: /@"f3`m@tIv/

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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.

Derived terms

• affirmative action

Thesaurus

OK; absolute; acceptance; accord; accordant; acquiescence; acquiescent; affirmation; affirmative attitude; affirmative voice; affirmativeness; affirmatory; agree; agreeable; agreeing; agreement; amen; answerable; approbation; approval; approving; assent; assenting; assertative; assertional; assertive; at one; aye; blessing; coexistent; coexisting; coherent; coincident; coinciding; commensurate; compatible; compliable; compliance; compliant; con; concordant; concurring; conformable; congenial; congruent; congruous; connivance; consent; consentaneous; consentient; consenting; consistent; consonant; content; cooperating; cooperative; correspondent; corresponding; decided; declarative; declaratory; eager; eagerness; emphatic; en rapport; endorsement; endorsing; equivalent; favorable; harmonious; in accord; in agreement; in rapport; in sync; in synchronization; inaccordance; inharmony; interest; like-minded; nay; no; nod; nod of assent; nothing loath; of a piece; of like mind; of one mind; okay; on all fours; permission; permissive; positive; predicational; predicative; pro; prompt; promptitude; promptness; proportionate; ratification; ratifying; readiness; ready; reconcilable; sanction; sanctioning; self-consistent; side; submission; submissive; symbiotic; synchronized; synchronous; the affirmative; the negative; thumbs-up; unanimous; ungrudging; ungrudgingness; uniform; unisonant; unisonous; unloath; unloathness; unrefusing; unreluctance; unreluctant; willing; willingness; yea; yea-saying; yes

Translations

Adjective

pertaining to truth

Bulgarian: утвърдителен (bg) Russian: утвердительный (ru)

Spanish: afirmativo (es)

positive

Bulgarian: положителен (bg) Russian: положительный (ru)

Spanish: positivo (es)

Noun

An answer that shows agreement or acceptance

Dutch: bevestigende zin m. French: phrase affirmative f. German: affirmativer Satz m.

Norwegian: bekreftes (no), tiltredes (no) (archaic) Russian: утвердительный Spanish: oración afirmativa f.

See also

• affirmative sentence

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.fiʁ.ma.tiv/

Adjective

Affirmative f.

1. Feminine singular of affirmatif

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Latin

Adjective

affirmātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of affirmātīvus