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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈfɜːmətɪv/
• (米国発音) IPA: /əˈfɝməɾɪv/

形容詞

affirmative (comparative more affirmative, superlative most affirmative)

1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming

   an affirmative answer

2. pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
3. positive

   an affirmative vote

4. Confirmative; ratifying.

   an act affirmative of common law

5. Dogmatic.
   • 1732, George Berkeley, “The Second Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section IX, page 92:

     Lyſicles vvas a little diſconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito; but after a ſhort pauſe replied briskly, […]

6. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
7. (algebra) positive; not negative

派生語

名詞

affirmative (plural affirmatives)

1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

   Antonym: negative

   That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.

   10-4 good buddy. That’s an affirmative—the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.

2. (grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
3. (obsolete) An assertion.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:

     that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.

間投詞

affirmative

1. Yes.
2. (military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.

参考

• affirmative sentence

参照

• “affirmative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.