affirmative
exclamation/əˈfɜːmətɪv/
/əˈfɜːrmətɪv/
(especially North American English, formal)- used to agree to a statement or request
- ‘Affirmative, sir’ responded the lieutenant.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘assertive, positive’): via Old French from late Latin affirmativus, from affirmare ‘assert’, from ad- ‘to’ + firmus ‘strong’.Definitions on the go
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