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yes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

particle
  1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
  2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
  3. Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
intj
  1. An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
  2. Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
  3. Used to ask for more information with a request.
noun
  1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
  2. A vote of support or in favor of something.
verb
  1. To agree with, affirm, approve.
  2. To say “yes”.
  3. To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
det
  1. Countering a statement using the determiner no:
  2. There is; indicating the existence of something.
  3. Indicating the possibility or allowance of something.
name
  1. plural of Ye

Pronunciation

/jɛs/ En-uk-yes.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-yes.wav En-us-yes.ogg En-nz-yes.ogg

Word forms

yes yeses yesses yessing yessed

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

arr ay aye yea yassuh Nautical military telecommunications: affirmative also: Thesaurus:yes affirmative ar da indeed indeedy ja oui uh-huh yass yayuh yepperoni yeppity yer yes yesh yessiree yessum yiss yuppity ya yah yeah yeh yep yeppers yup yuppers yus ahuh mhm uh huh ye-es See Thesaurus:yay See Thesaurus:wow nod agree consent

Antonyms

no Nautical military telecommunications: negative nay ixnay nah naw nope also: Thesaurus:no

Related words

och aye oh ar oh yeah oo arr wye aye does a bear shit in the woods does the Pope shit in the woods is the Pope Catholic yee

Derived words

say yes very yes yes and yes and amen yes and no yes-brainer yes-huh yes ma'am yes-man yesman yes man yes-no question yes-or-no question yessuh yessum yes, Virginia yes woman yes-no yes to death yes homo yes way

Translations

Abkhaz: ааи Abkhaz: аиеи Afrikaans: ja Albanian: po Aleut: aang Southern Altai: эйе Alutiiq: aa'a American Sign Language: S@Side Nod Amharic: አዎን Western Apache: au Western Apache: haʼah Arabic: نَعَم Arabic: أَجَل Arabic: إِي Arabic: أَيْوَة Arabic: ايوه Arabic: اه Arabic: إيوه Arabic: اِيه Arabic: نعم Arabic: آه Arabic: أيوه Algerian Arabic: ايه Algerian Arabic: هيه Algerian Arabic: واه Cypriot Arabic: ye Iraqi Arabic: إي Aragonese: sí Aramaic: אין Aramaic: ܐܝܢ Armenian: այո Armenian: հա Aromanian: ie Assamese: অঁ Assamese: হয় Asturian: sí Aymara: jisa Azerbaijani: bəli Azerbaijani: hə Bashkir: эйе Basque: bai Belarusian: так Belarusian: да Bengali: হ্যাঁ Bengali: জি Bhojpuri: हँ Central Bikol: iyo Breton: ya Bulgarian: да Burmese: ဟုတ်ကဲ့ Burmese: အင်း Burmese: အေး Burushaski: awá Carpathian Rusyn: айно Carpathian Rusyn: так Carpathian Rusyn: йо Catalan: sí Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⴰⵀ Chamicuro: eje Chechen: хӏаъ Cherokee: ᎥᎥ Chichewa: inde Chickasaw: i̠i Chinese Cantonese: 係 /系 Chinese Cantonese: 唔 Chinese Cantonese: 嗯 Choctaw: a̱ Dutch: ja Esperanto: jes Finnish: jes! French: oui Georgian: ურა Georgian: ვაშა German: ja Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 Greek: ναι Hebrew: יש! Irish: sea Italian: sì Japanese: よし Japanese: やった Kapampangan: ayua Kapampangan: ayuanaman Latin: sīc Latin: eu Latin: euge Latin: iō Eastern Mari: ыгы Norwegian: yes Old English: gea Polish: tak Portuguese: sim! Portuguese: é! Portuguese: assim! Portuguese: isso! Portuguese: aí!
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