Affirmative word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "affirmative" word

[noun] a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
[adjective] affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture"
[adjective] supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument"
[adjective] expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

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\Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.] 1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. 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. 3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor. Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. --Berkeley. 4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. 5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to {negative}, or such as are to be subtracted.
\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. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. --Dryden. 2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.

Synonyms for affirmative

affirmatory, agreeing(a), assentient, assenting, conceding(a), concessive, favorable, favoring, optimistic, positive, pro

Antonyms: negative, negative

Related terms: affirmativeness, amen, answerable, aye, compliance, concurring, congruent, consentaneous, cooperating, correspondent, declaratory, equivalent, in rapport, in sync, interest, nod of assent, prompt, ratification, self-consistent, ungrudgingness, unrefusing, yes

The fun area, different aproach to word »affirmative«

Let's analyse "affirmative" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 45.5% of vowels is 6.9% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVITAMRIFFA. Average typing speed for these characters is 3065 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- ..-. ..-. .. .-. -- .- - .. ...- .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: affirmative: 1 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 5 = 25, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: affirmative: 1 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 5 = 56, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
F (2)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
V (1)	22	Fool	Fun, Joyous, Persistant, Risk taker, Childish

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