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yes¹

  • /jɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

Where it comes from

From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”).

particle

  1. Used to show agreement or acceptance. Yes, you are correct.
  2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement. It was not my fault we lost the race. Oh, yes, it was!
  3. humorous Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct. Do you like cake, or pie? Yes.

Similar: arr, ay, aye, yea, yassuh, Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative, also: Thesaurus:yes, affirmative, ar, da

interjection

  1. An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point. Our second goal of the match! Yes!
  2. Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
  3. interrogative Used to ask for more information with a request. I need some help. Yes?

Similar: See Thesaurus:yay, See Thesaurus:wow

noun yeses · yesses

  1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. Was that a yes?
  2. A vote of support or in favor of something. The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

verb yeses · yesses · yessing · yessed

  1. colloquial, transitive To agree with, affirm, approve. Did he yes the veto?
  2. colloquial, intransitive To say “yes”. The next day another writer asked us: “Didja hear about So-and-So? Got two hundred and fifty bucks for an idea!” We “yessed” and went our way.
  3. slang To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

determiner

  1. humorous There is; indicating the existence of something. Have you heard this before? "Nintendo 64 has no games!" Well, I did a little researching, and here's what I found: […]
  2. humorous Indicating the possibility or allowance of something. When our family left graduate school, it was in a cocoon of our own feelings, with college life behind us and the boys excitedly talking about what was “behead of us,” and our car avoiding no parking signs but aiming for “yes parking.”

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proper noun

  1. plural plural of Ye

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