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affirmative
[uh-fur-muh-tiv]
adjective
affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
expressing agreement or consent; assenting.
an affirmative reply.
positive; not negative.
Logic.Ìýnoting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as “All men are happy.â€
noun
something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation.
a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do.
a manner or mode that indicates assent.
a reply in the affirmative.
the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks.
to speak for the affirmative.
interjection
(used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.).
“Is this the right way to Lake George?†“Affirmative.â€
affirmative
/ əˈ´Úɜ˳¾É™³Ùɪ±¹ /
adjective
confirming or asserting something as true or valid
an affirmative statement
indicating agreement or assent
an affirmative answer
logic
(of a categorial proposition) affirming the satisfaction by the subject of the predicate, as in all birds have feathers; some men are married
not containing negation Compare negative
noun
a positive assertion
a word or phrase stating agreement or assent, such as yes (esp in the phrase answer in the affirmative )
logic an affirmative proposition
the side in a debate that supports the proposition
military a signal codeword used to express assent or confirmation
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- affirmatively adverb
- overaffirmative adjective
- overaffirmatively adverb
- preaffirmative adjective
- quasi-affirmative adjective
- quasi-affirmatively adverb
- ²¹´Úˈ´Ú¾±°ù³¾²¹³Ù¾±±¹±ð±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of affirmative1
Example Sentences
After California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978 to limit property taxes — and later Proposition 209 in 1996 banning affirmative action — Democrats sought ways to blunt or undo their impact through legislation and legal challenges.
They are, she writes, "the first beneficiaries of America’s new international affirmative action scheme for white people."
The administration is alleging that Harvard did not change its admissions policies after the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action unconstitutional.
“She’s got to give some affirmative reason why she’s running and why it would be good for the voters of California,†Schnur said.
A federal class-action lawsuit accuses UCLA’s medical school and various university officials of using race as a factor in admissions, despite a state law and Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action.
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