affirmative

Meanings

Adjective

• pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
• pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
• positive
• Confirmative; ratifying.
• dogmatic
• Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
• positive; not negative

Noun

• Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
• An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
• An assertion.

Interjection

• An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
• Yes; true; correct.

Origin

• From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare.