Word
Affirmative
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
af-firm-a-tive
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.
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