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affirmative
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adjective (a)
- affirming or giving assent(adj.all)Example:
An affirmative decision.
Affirmative votes.
source: wordnet30 - Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a reply of affirmation(noun.communication)Example:
He answered in the affirmative.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- expressing or manifesting praise or approval(adj.all)Example:
An affirmative nod.
source: wordnet30