<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something</li><li>expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply</li><li>positive; not negative</li><li>(Logic) noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as “All men are happy.”</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation</li><li>a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do</li><li>a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative</li><li>the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>(used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): “Is this the right way to Lake George?” “Affirmative.”</li></ul>