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单词 ayes
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aye

1 of 3

adverb (1)

ˈī How to pronounce aye (audio)
variants or less commonly ay
: yes
aye, aye, sir

aye

2 of 3

noun

ˈī How to pronounce aye (audio)
variants or less commonly ay
plural ayes
: an affirmative vote or voter
the ayes have it

aye

3 of 3

adverb (2)

ˈā How to pronounce aye (audio)
variants or less commonly ay
: always, continually, ever
love that will aye endure W. S. Gilbert

Synonyms

Adverb (1)

  • always
  • consistently
  • constantly
  • continually
  • ever
  • forever
  • incessantly
  • invariably
  • night and day
  • perpetually
  • unfailingly

Adverb (2)

  • all right
  • alright
  • exactly
  • OK
  • okay
  • okeydoke
  • okeydokey
  • yea
  • yeah
  • yep
  • yes
  • yo
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Word History

Etymology

Adverb (1)

of uncertain origin

Note: Perhaps a univerbation in Middle English of the interjection ah ah entry 1 and the affirmative ye yea entry 1 with shift of stress; however, Middle English evidence for such a phrase is lacking.

Noun

noun derivative of aye entry 1

Adverb (2)

Middle English ay, borrowed from Old Norse ei, ey, æ "ever, forever," going back to Germanic *aiwim or *aiwom (whence also Old English ā "always, ever, eternally," Old Saxon io, eo "ever, at any time, always," Old High German io, eo "on every occasion, always," Gothic ni … aiw "never"), accusative forms, used adverbially, of *aiwis or *aiwos "time, eternity" (whence Old Frisian ēwe "eternity," Old Saxon and Old High German ēwa, Middle Dutch ēwe, ee "age, eternity"), going back to Indo-European *h2ei̯-u̯o- "eternity, age," whence also Latin aevus, aevum "time as the medium in which events occur, age, lifetime"; also, from a stem h2ei̯-u̯-on-, Greek aiṓn "lifetime, long period of time, age"; and from a u-stem with ablaut and shifting stress *h2ói̯-u-, *h2i̯-éu̯-s, Sanskrit ā́yuḥ "vital force," Avestan āiiu (nominative), yaoš (genitive) "lifetime"

Note: In Middle English the outcome of the Old Norse word has fallen together with the outcome of Old English -æg (as in dæg "day"). Old English ā continued into Middle English as o, oo, and the two words may occur combined as "(for) ay and oo," meaning "forever." For incorporation of ā into compounds in Old English see aught entry 1, no entry 1, naught entry 1, each entry 1. Overlapping in formation with this Germanic etymon is a homonymous root evident in Old English ǣ "law, marriage," Old Frisian ē, ēwe, iōwe "law," Old Saxon ēo, ēu, Old High German ēwa, ēwī "law, command, covenant" (see echt). The two roots have been taken by some as identical, with the sense "law" a concretization of the sense "what lasts, what always exists."

First Known Use

Adverb (1)

1576, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1589, in the meaning defined above

Adverb (2)

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

aye 1 of 2

adverb

ˈī How to pronounce aye (audio)
: yes entry 1 sense 1
Aye, aye, sir.

aye

2 of 2

noun

ˈī How to pronounce aye (audio)
: a yes vote or voter
The ayes outnumber the nays.

ayes

noun

plural of aye
as in yeas

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • yeas
  • nays
  • noes
  • votes
  • ballots
  • non placets
  • nos
  • referenda
  • blackballs
  • referendums
  • absentee ballots
  • secret ballots
  • short ballots
  • tickets
  • write-ins
  • Australian ballots
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