Thesaurus: affirmative

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1. a. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
2. 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.
3. a. Positive; dogmatic.
4. a. Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
5. a. Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
6. 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.
7. n. A word or word/phrase">phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
8. adj. affirming or giving assent
9. adj. expecting the best
10. adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval
11. n. a reply of affirmation