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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a reply of affirmation;
- Example: "he answered in the affirmative"


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. affirming or giving assent;
- Example: "an affirmative decision"
- Example: "affirmative votes"
[syn: affirmative, affirmatory]

2. expecting the best;
- Example: "an affirmative outlook"
[syn: affirmative, optimistic]

3. expressing or manifesting praise or approval;
- Example: "approbative criticism"
- Example: "an affirmative nod"
[syn: approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.] 1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. [1913 Webster] 5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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