单词 | affirmative |
释义 | Word Frequency affirmative(əˈfɜːmətɪv) adjective 1. confirming or asserting something as true or valid an affirmative statement 2. indicating agreement or assent an affirmative answer 3. logic a. (of a categorial proposition) affirming the satisfaction by the subject of the predicate, as in all birds have feathers; some men are married b. not containing negation Compare negative (sense 12)noun 4. a positive assertion 5. a word or phrase stating agreement or assent, such as yes (esp in the phrase answer in the affirmative) 6. logic an affirmative proposition 7. the affirmative sentence substitute 8. military a signal codeword used to express assent or confirmation Derived forms affirmatively (afˈfirmatively) adverb |
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