| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fir·ma·tive |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -fûr m-t v |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer “yes”: an affirmative reply. 2. Giving assent or approval; confirming: an affirmative vote. 3. Positive; optimistic: an affirmative outlook. 4. Logic Of, relating to, or being a proposition in which the predicate affirms something about the subject, such as the statement apples have seeds. | | NOUN: | 1. A word or statement of agreement or assent, such as the word yes. 2. The side in a debate that upholds the proposition: Her team will speak for the affirmative. | | ADVERB: | Informal Used in place of the response “yes” to express confirmation or consent. | | OTHER FORMS: | af·firma·tive·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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