affirmative
afirmativo
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.
translation of 'affirmative'
noun
afirmativo
adjective
afirmativo
example
I nodded in understanding, but he took it for an 'affirmative' .
The biological weapons treaty requires an 'affirmative' majority vote of the executive to authorize an investigation.
The present results provide an 'affirmative' answer to this question.
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.
Reaching up and scratching her right ear, she replied to Raquel's message, signaling an 'affirmative' .
The paper collects a huge database of cases involving claims of an 'affirmative' duty to disclose and examines the various variables that have been argued by theorists that explain these cases.
They must also have an 'affirmative' vote by the majority of the parents of the pupils enrolled in the school.
Today he would just love to answer with an 'affirmative' .
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.
Initially speechless, the Colonel quickly regained his composure and responded in a most emphatic '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?’
Factors supporting an 'affirmative' interpretation center on two considerations: the nature of the memorial service and the content of the remarks.
Friends and colleagues speak of a man who rediscovers his serenity the day after a tantrum, asks whether he was foolish and nods quietly on hearing the 'affirmative' .
Such rights are minimalist: they protect people against being treated in certain ways, but they do not, except in extremis, entitle them to the 'affirmative' support of others.
The importance of 'affirmative' support is emphasized most strongly by those significant others whose definition of self and role is perceived as devalued.
In this way it is possible to state that the 'logic of the 'affirmative' statement ' and the 'logic of the operation' are functionally equivalent.
Then you will have to get an 'affirmative' answer.
It also imposes an 'affirmative' duty on employers to take ‘all reasonable steps necessary to prevent discrimination and harassment from occurring.’
True to his progressive values, he argued that government had an 'affirmative' duty to seek out new approaches to the problems that confront society.
Every time there's an 'affirmative' answer, the volunteers ring a bell to spur one another on.
If any of the two terms of an 'affirmative' categorical is "empty", then the term in question refers to nothing.
And I'm undecided as to whether golf is really a sport, but I'd tend towards the 'affirmative' .
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.
A necessary extension of this idea is that there is no general 'affirmative' duty on the government to assure that private conduct conforms to a constitutional norm.
Every simple proposition is either 'affirmative' or negative.
It's a tricky problem, but I think I incline towards the 'affirmative' .
It seems to have been a case in which it was argued, or it would have to be argued, that the Council, because of its powers, had an 'affirmative' obligation to put up a sign here.
A deduction with an affirmative conclusion must have two 'affirmative' premises
I will think about it and get back to you… although my answer is more 'affirmative' than not.
Adoption of proposed amendments shall require the 'affirmative' vote of two-thirds of the members present.
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