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Definition of: affirmative
(ə·fûr′mə·tiv) adjective
1. Characterized by affirmation; asserting that the fact is so; ratifying; confirmative.
2. Math. Positive: an affirmative quantity. Also af·firm·a·to·ry (ə·fûr′mə·tôr′ē, -tō′re).
—noun
1. A word or expression of affirmation or assent; that which affirms or asserts: to answer in the affirmative.
2. That side in a debate which affirms the proposition debated.
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