affirmative

[US]/ə'fɜːmətɪv/
[UK]/ə'fɝmətɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. positive, showing agreement;
n. a positive expression, a positive proposition.

Phrases & Collocations

in the affirmative

affirmative action

affirmative vote

Example Sentences

an affirmative approach to the problem

the affirmative side in a debate

We are expecting an affirmative answer.

An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.

He replied in the affirmative to my question.

the family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come.

Will the adjective this time be grudging or admiring, cynical or affirmative, upwardly mythopoeic or downwardly Mammonite?

Brief, solid, affirmative as a hammer blow, this is the virile word, which must enflame lips and save the honor of our people, in these unfortunate days of anachronistic imperialism.

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