affirmative

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Etymology [edit]

From Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (to assert).

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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

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Noun [edit]

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.

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French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /a.fiʁ.ma.tiv/

Adjective [edit]

affirmative

  1. Feminine singular of affirmatif

Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

affirmātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of affirmātīvus