Usage of "affirmative"

portuguès

afirmativo

català

afirmatiu

Affirming or giving assent.

negative

Termes relacionats

afirmatiu

Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.

Sinònims

Examples for "approving"

A second lawsuit challenges the standard Dinallo used in approving the restructuring. 
 Reuters 

The vote passed along party lines with 12 Republicans approving the motion. 
 Reuters 

Deputies will formally vote on approving the scheme in the coming days. 
 Reuters 

The spokesperson said the minister had no role in approving such expenditure. 
 Radio NZ 

The German government temporarily halted the project before approving it on Monday. 
 Wired 

My present had the usual effect; Pompey became approbative and talkative: 
 The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 / Devoted To... 

Blackbeard swore at him a great approbative oath. 
 Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter 

The new president of the university arose and eyed him with a peculiarly approbative and grateful gaze. 
 The Titan 

As she leaned forward listening, with her lips slightly parted, Margaret gave an unconscious little approbative nod of the head. 
 The Stillwater Tragedy 

Mrs. Moore could speak-Verytrue, however, was all she said, with a motion of her head that expressed the bow-approbatory. 
 Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 

A pale yellow sky rose behind the brick neighbourhood, and with agonised soul the woman viewed its plausive serenity. 
 Esther Waters 

Favoring.

favoring

Termes relacionats

Ús de affirmative en anglès

The University of California ended affirmative action last year, with dramatic consequences. 
 The new yorker 

The following are the names of those who voted in the affirmative: 
 History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States 

We did not hear back an affirmative response from them, he said. 
 Reuters 

He let his silence answer in the affirmative; he felt relieved now. 
 A Man and His Money 

The motion for taking up the report was carried in the affirmative. 
 The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 / Commander in Chief of th... 

The books were referred to, and the attendant answered in the affirmative. 
 The Store Boy 

A Supreme Court decision that upholds it could embolden affirmative action opponents. 
 Reuters 

You would have thought that Battleship answered that question in the affirmative. 
 The Irish Times 

To the fourth and fifth interrogatories I unhesitatingly answer in the affirmative. 
 The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3: The Linco... 

On this issue the vote in the affirmative practically was by acclamation. 
 One Third Off 

The first and fourth questions Mr. Douglas answered substantially in the affirmative. 
 The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete 

Then he voted in the affirmative and reached for the cocktail pitcher. 
 Omnilingual 

That is the question, and it may be answered in the affirmative. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 

N. C. S. C. and Geo: were in the affirmative: N. J. 
 The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 

Three only of the party were able to reply in the affirmative. 
 No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee 

To the first and second interrogatories, I answer unequivocally in the affirmative. 
 The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3: The Linco... 