Affirmative

Adjective

 * 1) pertaining to truth; asserting that something is
 * 2) pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
 * 3) positive

Noun

 * 1) Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
 * That's an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
 * 10-4 good buddy. That's an affirmative - the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
 * 1)  An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
 * 2)  An assertion.
 * 3) * 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:
 * that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.

Derived terms

 * affirmative action

Thesaurus
OK; absolute; acceptance; accord; accordant; acquiescence; acquiescent; affirmation; affirmative attitude; affirmative voice; affirmativeness; affirmatory; agree; agreeable; agreeing; agreement; amen; answerable; approbation; approval; approving; assent; assenting; assertative; assertional; assertive; at one; aye; blessing; coexistent; coexisting; coherent; coincident; coinciding; commensurate; compatible; compliable; compliance; compliant; con; concordant; concurring; conformable; congenial; congruent; congruous; connivance; consent; consentaneous; consentient; consenting; consistent; consonant; content; cooperating; cooperative; correspondent; corresponding; decided; declarative; declaratory; eager; eagerness; emphatic; en rapport; endorsement; endorsing; equivalent; favorable; harmonious; in accord; in agreement; in rapport; in sync; in synchronization; inaccordance; inharmony; interest; like-minded; nay; no; nod; nod of assent; nothing loath; of a piece; of like mind; of one mind; okay; on all fours; permission; permissive; positive; predicational; predicative; pro; prompt; promptitude; promptness; proportionate; ratification; ratifying; readiness; ready; reconcilable; sanction; sanctioning; self-consistent; side; submission; submissive; symbiotic; synchronized; synchronous; the affirmative; the negative; thumbs-up; unanimous; ungrudging; ungrudgingness; uniform; unisonant; unisonous; unloath; unloathness; unrefusing; unreluctance; unreluctant; willing; willingness; yea; yea-saying; yes

Adjective

 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian:


 * Spanish: afirmativo


 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian:


 * Spanish: positivo

Noun

 * Dutch: bevestigende zin
 * French: phrase affirmative
 * German: affirmativer Satz


 * Norwegian: bekreftes, tiltredes (archaic)
 * Russian: утвердительный
 * Spanish: oración afirmativa