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affirmatives

affirmatives is the plural of affirmative.

Meaning of affirmative

Noun

affirmative (plural affirmatives)

  1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
    • That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
    Antonyms:
    negative
  2. An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
  3. (obsolete) An assertion.
    • that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17

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What is affirmatives the plural of?
Affirmatives is the plural of affirmative.

Words near affirmatives in the dictionary

  1. affirmative sentence
  2. affirmative sentences
  3. affirmative waste
  4. affirmatively
  5. affirmativeness
  6. affirmatives
  7. affirmatives pregnant
  8. affirmativism
  9. affirmativist
  10. affirmativists
  11. affirmativity

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