AFFIRMATIVE
\ɐfˈɜːmətˌɪv], \ɐfˈɜːmətˌɪv], \ɐ_f_ˈɜː_m_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of AFFIRMATIVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
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Positive; dogmatic.
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Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
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A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
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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.
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Positive; - a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
By Oddity Software
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Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
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Positive; dogmatic.
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Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
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A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
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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.
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Positive; - a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
By Noah Webster.
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That which declares; a statement which asserts that a fact is so.
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Positive; confident; answering "yes".
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That affirms or asserts.
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AFFIRMATIVELY.
By Daniel Lyons
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AFFIRMATIVELY.
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Taking the "yes" side; asserting something as fact.
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That which affirms or asserts; assent.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That affirms.
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That which contains an affirmation.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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That which contains an affirmation.
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That affirms, as opposed to negative; confirmative.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That declares or asserts.
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A word that says yes; negative, the opposite of affirmative, a word that says no.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
