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affirmative

/əˈfɝməɾɪv/ noun C2
  1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. · 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. An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Plural affirmatives

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The old man made a sign in the affirmative.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1018 · C1
Stangerson was living there, they at once answered me in the affirmative.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 67 · B2
She answered in the affirmative; and, unable to resist the temptation, added, “When you met us there the other day, we had just been forming a new acquaintance.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 103 · B2
The young girl did not speak; but she made an affirmative sign with her head as she lay on her father’s breast.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 333 · C1

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