affirmative
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When affirmative helps
Base Score
11
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
8
A E F I M R T V
Two-Letter Start
AF
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
VE
Check this pattern late
- 11 letters
- 8 unique letters
- AF start
- VE ending
- repeated letters
- outside standard hive
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- affirmative uses 8 unique letters, so it cannot fit a standard seven-letter hive.
Pronunciation
noun
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
"10-4 good buddy. That's an affirmative - the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway."
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
noun
An assertion.
adjective
Pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
"an affirmative answer"
adjective
Pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
adjective
Positive
"an affirmative vote"
adjective
Confirmative; ratifying.
"an act affirmative of common law"
adjective
Dogmatic
adjective
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
adjective
Positive; not negative
interjection
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
interjection
(especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
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Antonyms
- negative