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Synonyms & Antonyms for affirmative
Synonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Noun
nay, negative, no, non placet
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Examples of affirmative in a Sentence
Adjective
She gave an affirmative answer, not a negative answer.Noun
we have five affirmatives and two negatives for forming the committeeRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
So Google’s fix is to approach people on the streets, pay them, and get affirmative consent for each scan. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "Google’s ‘field research’ offered people $5 to scan their faces for the Pixel 4," 29 July 2019 Responding in the affirmative is an obligation for the guest to attend, and as that part of the contract has been repeatedly violated, Miss Manners will permit you to amend yours. — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, "Miss Manners: She humiliated me by implying I’m poor," 26 July 2019 For more information or affirmative responses, contact Wendt at 760-440-9135 or Park Ranger Chris Londos at 760-788-3326 or Christopher.Londos@sdcounty.ca.gov. — Ramona Sentinel, "Volunteers invited to join Holly Oaks Park fence repair, cleanup," 7 Aug. 2019 The governments give us this access because in many countries there is an affirmative respect for the principle that there should be monitoring of places of detention by people other than the government. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "How Detained Children Are Treated Around the World," 10 July 2019 Defensive asylum cases are tracked in immigration courts, and affirmative cases go through USCIS. — Nicole Ludden, azcentral, "Fact Check: Sen. Martha McSally says 90% of asylum cases are 'not legitimate'," 6 July 2019 But Democrats ought to be constructing their own affirmative-enforcement agenda. — Juliette Kayyem, Twin Cities, "Juliette Kayyem: Decriminalizing border is not in anyone’s interest," 10 July 2019 Fortunately, most signs pointed to the affirmative during the tour stop on June 29 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View. — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, "Hootie and the Blowfish are still proving hipsters wrong in 2019," 30 June 2019 Conservatives, for decades, have spoken of the border as a place to fear, a place where the United States ends, but O’Rourke has made an affirmative case for the border as a place of beginnings, exchange, and richness. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, "Beto O’Rourke’s Spanish Moment at the Democratic Debate," 27 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Use liberally the affirmatives Yes, ma’am and Yes, sir, having grown up under threat of a stiff switch. — Melissa Lyttle, Smithsonian, "The First Family of Rodeo," 13 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'affirmative.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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