affirmative
ਸੱਜਣ
definition
noun
he accepted her reply as an affirmative
a statement of agreement with an assertion or request.
adjective
an affirmative answer
agreeing with a statement or to a request.
exclamation
' Affirmative , sir,' responded the ship's tactical officer.
expressing agreement with a statement or request; yes.
example
Reaching up and scratching her right ear, she replied to Raquel's message, signaling an 'affirmative' .
In short, the family with its daily 'affirmative' influence on the child is the most reliable nursery of responsible, emotionally mature, and socially compatible individuals.
The very fact that the statement is qualified implies or at least suggests an 'affirmative' answer.
I want to re-emphasise once again the importance of the rapid classification measures through the 'affirmative' resolution procedures that were decided on in the amendment in 2003.
In arguments of this form, all three propositions (the two premisses and the conclusion) are universal, 'affirmative' , and assertoric.
Every time there's an 'affirmative' answer, the volunteers ring a bell to spur one another on.
We recognize and honor the multitudes of 'affirmative' influences people from various cultures have on our campus and our society at large.
The University not only has the right, but has the 'affirmative' duty to ensure the academic integrity of the degrees it grants, and requiring that qualified people are on doctoral defense committees is part of that duty.
In this way it is possible to state that the 'logic of the 'affirmative' statement ' and the 'logic of the operation' are functionally equivalent.
Until we arrive at that state, we must continue to right the wrongs of the past, and to keep open the doors of academic opportunity through 'affirmative' measures.
So there is a very 'affirmative' obligation for the Crown, having accepted the truth of those obligations and values, to uphold them and avoid their diminishment.
The government is now accepting this committee's proposal that before any direction to a dissenting regulatory authority can be issued approval must be obtained by an 'affirmative' vote of agreement in both houses of parliament.
Nothing can move out of the task force without an 'affirmative' vote of its private-sector members.
His reaction to his classmate's 'affirmative' answer is telling.
June turned back, looked, and gave the 'affirmative' .
With this 'affirmative' vote, Michigan becomes the first state to pass the bill in its House.
Adoption shall require the 'affirmative' vote of two-thirds of the members present.
With half a season to go, an 'affirmative' answer is required sooner rather than later.
Any expression of approval would probably meet the criterion of 'affirmative' suggestion or encouragement.
To the question of whether he would take tea or coffee his reply was a simple 'affirmative' .
On the other hand, as I have mentioned, a trend has emerged to give an 'affirmative' answer to the question ‘Should writing be studied?’
In these cases, the complex content of the clause, either 'affirmative' or negative, is symbolized by a single, unanalysable morpheme.
But the former requirement indicates that any 'affirmative' duty to prevent deliberate wrongdoing by third parties, if recognised in English law, is likely to be strictly limited.
Rebecca was too embarrassed to reply, but he took her silence as an 'affirmative' .
Nods and 'affirmative' statements came from everyone in the room.
If the vote was 'affirmative' , an ostracism was held two months later.
I nodded in understanding, but he took it for an 'affirmative' .
The present results provide an 'affirmative' answer to this question.
As we saw earlier, the logical empiricists held that the answer to this question is 'affirmative' , and the logician largely agreed with them about this.
He raised his eyebrows, which Dan accepted as an 'affirmative' answer.
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