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aye1 /ʌɪ /(also ay) exclamation1 archaic or dialect Said to express assent; yes: aye, you’re right there...- So, mind that ye put in water right away, aye and a drop or two of Irish Whiskey will help.
- Oh aye, sorry I was miles away, I'll be right there.
- Oh aye, I miss it, but it's the homework I miss most of all.
1.1 ( aye aye) Nautical A response accepting an order: aye aye, captain...- Carlis says he doesn't think ‘aye aye’ is a dignified response.
- All the Joint Chiefs except for Barrow had said, aye aye, sir, we'll go over to Congress to testify in favor of eliminating restrictions on women in combat.
- In the Marine Corps, the nautical expression "Aye, Aye, Sir" is used when acknowledging a verbal order.
1.2(In voting) I assent: all in favour say aye...- Representatives from IBM, Toshiba, Hitachi, Iomega, Microsoft, Phoenix, Absolute Software, and Circuit Assembly voted aye.
- Speaker Neil Andrew asked those in favour to say aye.
- Mr. Chairman, 11 members have voted aye, 27 members have voted no.
nounAn affirmative answer, especially in voting: the House divided: Ayes 211, Noes 271...- As I went through voting I noticed at least what I saw were all ayes.
- But a source present at the bishops’ meeting said the measure was approved with almost no debate, on a voice vote with a lusty chorus of ayes.
- If one goes to the application book, volume 1, page 23, line 30, it can be seen that it is recorded that the result of the division, this is on the second reading: ayes 14 and noes 13.
Phrases Origin Late 16th century: probably from I, first person personal pronoun, expressing assent. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea |