Usage of "affirmative"

portugués

afirmativo

catalán

afirmatiu

Affirming or giving assent.

negative

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afirmativo

Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.

Favoring.

favoring

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Uso de affirmative en inglés

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... 