Affirmative
[ə'fɜːmətɪv] or [ə'fɝmətɪv]
Definition
(noun.) a reply of affirmation; 'he answered in the affirmative'.
(adj.) affirming or giving assent; 'an affirmative decision'; 'affirmative votes' .
(adj.) expecting the best; 'an affirmative outlook' .
Typist: Tyler--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
(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.
(a.) Positive; dogmatic.
(a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
(a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
(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.
(n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
Editor: Rebekah
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. That affirms.[2]. Indicative.[3]. (Alg.) Positive, not negative.
Editor: Luke
Examples
- The manufacturer nodded an affirmative, and the rescue-party set out. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As he replied in the affirmative, with perfect confidence and cheerfulness, we did not resume the subject until the day was wearing away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- George nodded in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On his answering in the affirmative, Then bring me another pint of this same wine, drawer, and come and wake me at ten. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In a hurried manner, he replied in the affirmative. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She replied in the affirmative. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Pickwick replied in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For several reasons, and not least because I didn't clearly know what Mr. Jaggers would be found to be at, I replied in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A previous question was first taken, whether a union should be established, which passed in the affirmative unanimously. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mr. Bumble nodded in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Fagin nodded in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Though this history has its opinion on that point too, and decidedly in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The old lady, who was much less deaf on this subject than on any other, replied in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The philosophical owner of the universal penknife growled an affirmative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Albert