affirmative: Meaning and Definition of

af•firm•a•tive

1. affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
2. expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply.
3. positive; not negative.
4. noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as “All men are happy.”

1. something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation.
2. a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do.
3. a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative.
4. the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative.

1. (used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): “Is this the right way to Lake George?” “Affirmative.”